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The fact that The Netherlands and about half of Belgium share the same language, Dutch, also helps. These two countries separated only about 150 years ago. (Th
by technimad 11y ago
The fact that The Netherlands and about half of Belgium share the same language, Dutch, also helps. These two countries separated only about 150 years ago.
(The other half of Belgium speaks French, the rest German and Belgium is the biggest mistake in the universe)
- txru 11y agoI think there are some border shifts that happened after WWI that I'd consider more along the lines of the biggest mistake in the universe, but the melange of Belgium and the Netherlands is pretty egregious.
- phicoh 11y agoBelgium and The Netherlands were not one country since 1579 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Arras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Arras) except for the period between 1815 and 1830.
- moonfern 11y ago"Belgium" was occupied since 1579 (till 1815 or 1830 for a then small elite minority), the "Netherlands" fought another 80 years to liberate themselves. " " Because Spanish (Habsburg) territory at that time, known as the lowlands.
- teddyh 11y agoBelgium, man! http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Belgium http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Belgium