Selwyn Greenfrith
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How comes the most well known name in (French speaking) so-called Walloon Brabant so happens to be Dutch? Anyone ever wondered about this glaringly historical dodginess.
How did the placename: Waterloo withstand later Frenchification programmes in Belgium - was it luck owed to the world community already being familiar with Waterloo's original Dutch name at the time of the Napoleonic war's endgame there - thus thwarting the concealment of its Dutchness worthless(?)
In light of the aforesaid, would there be at least a slither of truth, that Walloon Brabant betokens the latest colonial designation for a not so bygone Dutch speaking land which has fallen to Francophone imperialism which is ongoing in other bits of Belgium to this day?
In the Anglo-Saxon world, Belgium weirdly seems to be seen through a Francophone/Wallooon bent - which belies the historical truth that: the nation of Great Britain historically always saw the Netherlands and Germany as the threat to its might, and notwithstanding the history books - France.
Anyway, anyone know the everyday 'stock answer' given by Francophone imperialism to explain away Waterloo's Dutch name?
How did the placename: Waterloo withstand later Frenchification programmes in Belgium - was it luck owed to the world community already being familiar with Waterloo's original Dutch name at the time of the Napoleonic war's endgame there - thus thwarting the concealment of its Dutchness worthless(?)
In light of the aforesaid, would there be at least a slither of truth, that Walloon Brabant betokens the latest colonial designation for a not so bygone Dutch speaking land which has fallen to Francophone imperialism which is ongoing in other bits of Belgium to this day?
In the Anglo-Saxon world, Belgium weirdly seems to be seen through a Francophone/Wallooon bent - which belies the historical truth that: the nation of Great Britain historically always saw the Netherlands and Germany as the threat to its might, and notwithstanding the history books - France.
Anyway, anyone know the everyday 'stock answer' given by Francophone imperialism to explain away Waterloo's Dutch name?