Published on
Jul 17, 2025
‘Bonjour’ Sets Off a Linguistic Dispute on a Belgian Train
A train attendant’s use of both Dutch and French — “goeiemorgen” and “bonjour” — to greet passengers during rush hour last year could easily have gone unnoticed in multilingual Belgium. But it rubbed one Dutch-speaking commuter the wrong way. He told the …
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The New York Times
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