2016 Omloop het Nieuwsblad, Feb 27th, 200.8km, 1.HC

[jaylew]

So you prefer they interview in a language some people can understand then one a majority have a minor grasp of or did I get this wrong

In Belgium, the majority speaks Dutch. If you interview Greg in a foreign language, then why English and not French, Italian or Swahili?

oh come on.... In every internatiol race there are always a few questions in english so other nations can show them on tele. Happens everywhere.....

You do realize this is one of those type of issues that is hard to discuss with Echoes rationally. He has strong opinions about these types of things

 

[Cannibal72]

So you prefer they interview in a language some people can understand then one a majority have a minor grasp of or did I get this wrong

In Belgium, the majority speaks Dutch. If you interview Greg in a foreign language, then why English and not French, Italian or Swahili?

No, they speak Flemish.

 

[wrinklyvet]

So you prefer they interview in a language some people can understand then one a majority have a minor grasp of or did I get this wrong

In Belgium, the majority speaks Dutch. If you interview Greg in a foreign language, then why English and not French, Italian or Swahili?

No, they speak Flemish.

You are right.

I think this is right too: "Official Languages: French, Dutch and German. Wallon, the local variant of French, is used by 33% of population. Flemish is used by more than 60% of the population, and is spoken in the northern part of the country. The languages learned at school are officially labelled French and Dutch." (BBC)

 

[hrotha]

Saying they speak "Flemish, not Dutch" is like saying they speak "American, not English" in the US.