Re: Research & politics & nationalism

> (That being said I can't avoid mentioning the snide commentary I have
> received in Germany about the "norddeutsche Lautung" of my German.

Was it as a compliment or reproachful? (In the latter case, it must have
happened in the southern half of the country. :^))

> And intolerance about other people's "accent" or choice of words is a
> fact of life in the English-speaking world on both sides of the
> ocean. We continentals don't notice that because we're foreign
> anyhow, so we are excused.)

Well, but if the accent is foreign, then I assume that native-speakers
are less bothered in the "Anglo" world than native-speakers in the
German-speaking world.

> Of those groups, Roman Catholicism was by far the biggest.

Is it correct that most of RC Vlaams communities are concentrated
in Belgium?

> Willem

George