WebMar 07, 2019 · Originating in Flanders, Northern Europe’s economic powerhouse (now roughly Belgium and the Netherlands), they came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and tradesmen, diplomats and dynasts, over a period of several centuries following the Norman Conquest of England in the eleventh century.

Web"Flemish" was historically a geographical term, as all inhabitants of the medieval County of Flandersin modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands were referred to as "Flemings", irrespective of their ethnicityor language.[10]

WebFlemish Name Meaning Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.

WebThere is more than one theory where the flamenco music comes from. One version is that flamenco has Flemish roots. The legendary emperor Charles the 5th used Flemish body guards who were famous for their exuberant Burgundian behaviour. In those days the gypsy music was much heavier than the Castillian songs, they called it ‘flamenco’.

WebThe Flemish are very private people and consider questions outside of directions, time, general public information or the weather as an invasion of privacy. How they communicate: Dutch, also called Nederlands or Vlaams (not the same as West Vlaams – see below), is the official language of Vlaanderen.

WebDec 19, 2008 · The flemish are the people who speak flemish. The live in the north of Belgium. Flemish is a dialect from Dutch. Most of it is the same but pronounced a bit different. The walloons live in the ...

WebIn the Netherlands we generally think of the Flemish (and the Belgians in general, but to be honest we often generalize the whole of Belgium as a big Flemish community) as: Dumb. Really dumb. We often make silly jokes about them like: “How does a Fleming kill a fish? He tries to drown him!”

WebScotland and the Flemish People has been edited by Dr Alexander Fleming (an economist) and Roger Mason (who recently retired as professor of Scottish History at St Andrews University). The book is delightful and easy to read, and contains much fascinating information on how trade, art, architecture, culture and sport in Scotland were influenced …

WebWhen people in Belgium today say they speak Flemish, they are in fact using a gallicism, a term of French origin. It is clear that the people in the north of Belgium needed some linguistic unification, which paradoxically did happen when Belgium’s unitary French government was imposed on them.

WebIn Scandinavia they are found concentrated along the southern Swedish coast in the neighborhood of Goteborg, and in the mountains of southwestern Norway. FIG. 1 (3 views). A Swede from Trollhatton, southern Sweden. This …