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Because you don't know the place or its history as well as you seem to think you do. Flamingantism is a scourge upon Belgium. Louvain is fine in English. Much
by elric 2y ago
Because you don't know the place or its history as well as you seem to think you do. Flamingantism is a scourge upon Belgium.
Louvain is fine in English. Much like ruuban is the correct form in Japanese.
There's a whole article full of interesting historical context. Yet you comment on the perceived (and incorrect, thus imagined) slight against your mother tongue. This is a good example of why Belgium is such a hot mess. We'd rather spend time bickering about irrelevant nonsense than in addressing real problems.
- Aeolun 2y ago> Flamingantism is a scourge upon Belgium. From your perspective maybe? From my perspective I don’t understand why they need to make everything half french, especially in an ostensibly Dutch speaking part of the country. It’s not like we use an alternative french name for Amsterdam.
- elric 2y agoBecause it wasn't always a Dutch speaking part of the country. History happens. And sure, we don't have a French word for Amsterdam, but we do have a Dutch word for Paris (Parijs), obviously not a Dutch speaking city. You're taking this as a slight, when in fact it is an irrelevant artifact of history. If anything, Leuven should be called Leive, as that's how Leiveneirs pronounce it. /s