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Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:57:44 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com>
> wrote:
>
>> Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> I had not heard "Zeeuws Vlaanderen" before but now know where you
>>> mean.
>> Interesting it *is* the name of the area you are in.
>
> So it is :) but everyone speaks English to me and Babel fish
> translates it to Zeeuws Flanders. I did find a Dutch dictionary that
> told me it was Zeeland. I think I need a history lesson :)
Zee means sea and the name Zeeland is the origin of the later discovered
new version of it. You know, that island on the other side of the
worldwith lots of birds and no original mammals other than a bat.
Zeeuws is sort of the possessive of zee, in the context of Zeeland, like
e.g. scottish is for Scotland. It should normally have been Zee's but I
guess they added the 'w' sound to make it more pronounceable (for the
Dutch that is). Of the history of it I know little, so I can't help you
there.
> BTW I am working from home and only go to the Netherlands for face to
> face meetings and to actually work on the system.
> I'll tell you one thing Sluiskil is not an easy place to reach by
> public transport.
>
Yes I can imagine. Probably more easily reached from Belgium than from
the Netherlands.
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