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Ardoewaan

(144 posts)
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 04:30 PM Oct 2016

Hello from Belgium

Long time lurker (12 year), did not really feel the need (nor did I think it was needed) to make an account.

Was lured in by a thread asking for outside views and here I am. I live in Belgium, and speak Dutch, French and English. If you notice weird grammar or spelling errors, please let me know, I love to improve my English knowledge and vocabulary.

I probably will not post that much, I have a very chaotic mind but I sometimes see patterns that may or may not be useful

I wish all of you the very best in this election. Take heart, don't forget to relax now and then and I'm pretty confident that Hillary will win this.

cheers!

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Hello from Belgium (Original Post) Ardoewaan Oct 2016 OP
Welcome to DU, Ardoewaan! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #1
Welcome to DU! Lisa0825 Oct 2016 #2
Welcome!!!! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #3
Welcome to DU. I love your waffles by the way :) Marc2010 Oct 2016 #4
LOL. Tell them not to piss loff the right wingers or we'll start calling them freedom waffles. nt okaawhatever Oct 2016 #6
Welcome to DU Ardoewaan! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #5
Thanks :) Ardoewaan Oct 2016 #9
Have you seen the movie? discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #10
Welcome. Would love to read your perspective on things. Thanks for joining. nt okaawhatever Oct 2016 #7
Oh and I speak Southern English which is like American English but with a lot fewer "g"s. (Huntin' okaawhatever Oct 2016 #8

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,560 posts)
1. Welcome to DU, Ardoewaan!
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 04:54 PM
Oct 2016

I'm glad you're here! It's always great to have members who live outside the United States--you help us see what we look like to our neighbors.

Your English is excellent! I don't see any mistakes anywhere. I studied French in college, and I know that I could not write it anywhere as well as you do English!

Please chime in whenever you have something to say!

And I do believe you're right about Hillary.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
3. Welcome!!!!
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 05:02 PM
Oct 2016

Your perspective will be most welcome here, I hope you will feel like joining some dicussions.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Welcome to DU Ardoewaan!
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 12:30 PM
Oct 2016

Please do post more often! I love to hear what the perspective is from people observing from abroad. Honestly, please let us know what people in Belgium are thinking (well, I know you don't all think the same, but you know, the general mood) and what your personal opinion is too.

Sometimes we are so immersed in it ourselves, it is refreshing to hear a viewpoint from another culture. BTW, I have only been to Brugges (sp?) but it was one of my favorite places in Europe - so beautiful and quaint!

Ardoewaan

(144 posts)
9. Thanks :)
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:46 AM
Oct 2016

English name is Bruges, dutch name is Brugge, but for non-Dutch speakers that is hard to pronounce. It is indeed a beautiful city, I live more inland.

What I see on social media: people are falling of the Trump bandwagon, but now it is the "warmonger" trope that is being pushed. I suspect Hillary ads will be moving in that direction to pick off a last segment of undecideds or third party voters.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
10. Have you seen the movie?
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 07:51 AM
Oct 2016
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/?ref_=nv_sr_6

Decent story and fairly good acting. Shot on location.
I like to pick out areas and sites I know in movies filmed at locations I'm familiar with.

Hope to see more of you.

okaawhatever

(9,461 posts)
8. Oh and I speak Southern English which is like American English but with a lot fewer "g"s. (Huntin'
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:02 PM
Oct 2016

fishin' walkin')

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