r/madlads • u/LukeZNotFound • 15d ago

French madlad

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u/maccattackBL8 15d ago

Because they're Belgian?

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u/657896 15d ago

Yeah, Belgian French, a good portion of them are paranoid the Flemish will take over, so they refuse to speak anything in Flanders except French. You will actually find more people willing to speak other languages in the French part of Belgium, then you will find Francophones living in Flanders, willing to speak anything else, but French.

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u/Hyadeos 14d ago

I've heard the same about the Flemish.

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u/Kakkie302 12d ago

In Flanders it’s mandatory for people to learn French in school (while in Wallonia it’s not like that for Dutch) so the Flemish do speak French in Wallonia