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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 406091, member: 2844&quot;]If they could write....</p><p>There was no Dutch as such() in those days.</p><p>The painter was born in Baarle, a village which now has the Dutch-Belgian border running right through it, and later moved to Bruges, which is now Belgium. He would have spoken his native Brabants, and learnt Flemish in Bruges. Both are now regarded as dialects of the Dutch language.</p><p><br /></p><p>Present day &#039;high&#039; Dutch is a mix of mostly Brabants and Hollands. It is commonly known as ABN (Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands).</p><p>There is a language union between the Netherlands and Belgium, and we usually understand one another.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t be testing you on this.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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