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> "You can find families that live right next door to each other, have exactly the same education levels, exactly the same income and even exactly same religion
by DigitalTurk 14y ago
> "You can find families that live right next door to each other, have exactly the same education levels, exactly the same income and even exactly same religion.
However, because they speak a different language they might have gone to different schools, have a different sense of humor, watch different TV channels, read different newspapers, and be interested in the events or culture of different countries.
Moreover, in a few of the countries listed the different language groups tend to live in different regions, which can have very different economies.
- DigitalTurk 14y agoHere's a gaffe. The author says that Belgium has large 'Flemish' and French speaking populations, but then when he talks about Brussels he says there are large Dutch and French speaking populations. In at least one table he lists Dutch and Flemish separately. Is he suggesting that Dutch speakers in Brussels and Dutch speakers in Flanders really speak a different language? :-D