So... is anyone here a Belgian?

I'm not one personally, I just live there. Brussels, to be more precise.

I think Thorgal is, actually. Can't think of anyone else.

the evil anisu is

A bit off-topic, but does anyone here know a certain Abelard from Achaea? He's Belgian. PM me if you know him, please.

Never played anything other than Lusternia, don't know him.

So, Anisu, are you Flemish, Francophone, or neither?

I am Flemish, but technicly I'm also nolonger Flemish, since I'm in the military I am obligated by military policiy to say either 'I'm Belgian' or 'I'm European'

*raises hand* Flemish person here.

Figures that if there was any Belgian community playing Lusternia, it'd be the Flemish, not the Walloons. So... do you guys speak French, too?

French is an obligated course in our education system.

je parle Français, English, nederlands und deutch

The system requiring you to study a language doesn't necessarily mean you can speak it. *points at his class and the Nederlands course... and the English course, too, sadly*

I would just like to point out at the very, very sad fact that my first reaction to seeing the name of this thread was "Why is he cursing?", only then followed by "Oh, he means players from Belgium..."

I may be a little slow since it's the middle of the night and I'm still studying nuclear physics for my exam, so... what? Why?

From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "The concept it embodies is so revolting that the publication or broadcast of the word is utterly forbidden in all parts of the galaxy except one, where they don't know what it means."

Oh, cool. So I guess it's my destiny to never find out what you meant?

You could just read Hitchhikers and find out yourself.

It's the ultimate swear word of doom.

I am Belgian. French speaking. En ook Nederlandstalig, maar niet goed genoeg om trots ervan te zijn, mijn Vlaams is een schaam.

Why would you think there are no French speaking Belgians playing this game? I'd rather play here than have to bear with the horrible leet the French use. I have yet to find a French language gaming forum where grammar and orthographe are not raped at every line.

Plus, I am not aware of any French language MUDs.

Don't take it personally, it's just that all my Belgian friends are so hopeless when it comes to English that I tend to over-generalise. I like English much more than French, which is why I'd rather not touch any French forums and such... but if you say that 'le leetness' has transcended international barriers, I will continue my efforts in avoiding them.

And although I speak absolutely no Flemish whatsoever, I admire the fluency with which you seem to write your English posts, and people like you bolster my faith in Frenchkind. If you stick around, I will love you very, very much.

Ok, so I did. I didn't find the reference in either of the five books.

I'm either stupidly blind, or they've only mentioned this horrible swearword in the radio series.