Thread:Popstar792/@comment-44873402-20200127195341/@comment-24530269-20200218170534

FoxofJudyFoster wrote: I am not very into Eastern history in general. My interests mainly lie in European history. Besides Middle Ages, I do have a decent knowledge of Victorian-era France, England, and a bit of Spain. I am also very interested in Welsh history, and I have considered learning Welsh as a hobby.

If you guys don't mind me a) busting in, b) going back to the history and language things;

History is my jam; I'm really into all parts of history, varying from Antiquity and the Middle Ages to the Imperialist era and our own time (post-1945). The only thing I don't care about is the Industrial Era, excluding the World Wars and Coalition Wars; basically 1815-1914, 1918-1938. I often write althistory and look up on all sorts of real history.

As for languages, here in Flanders you're usually required to learn two other than Dutch: French and English. German is compulsory in some schools, while in others it only shows up if you're studying the course Modern Languages. Spanish never shows up outside of Modern Languages.

Funnily enough tho, even when Flemish teens are obliged to learn French, 90% of them can't even have a simple dialogue on it. Flemings hate the French language and culture; in their eyes, French has no future and it's ugly and useless. They just pass through the required and courses and then forget everything upon adulthood.

Of course, French being useless is blatantly wrong (It's literally the main language in 2 states of Belgium), but no matter how hard you try, you will never convince Flemish students that French has any use or point. =/

In their eyes, it's like "English exists, making French pointless. So what?"

So that's the history/language shit over here, in case anyone cares. Sorry for probably boring all of you with this.