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Re: Flemish Text on old Belgian Lego boxes from 1950's.
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:12:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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> I have a 1955-58 (box style) Belgian spare parts pack that says:
> "Systeem bij het Spel".
> But I also have a 1958 Belgian spare parts pack that says:
> "Systeem in het Spel".
> What is the difference in what this means? Or do they both mean the same thing?
> It is interesting to note that the Dutch parts packs of the same era used only
> "Systeem in het Spel".
> Also, these Belgian sets also say: "Du System dans le jeu".
> Gary Istok
Hi,
Systeem in het spel = System in the play (as in playing with toys)
Systeem bij het spel = System with the play
Du system dans le jeu = System in the play
In this case, the two Dutch (and the French) frases actually mean the same
thing, "System of play".
Why the difference between Flemish and Dutch?
I hope I don't offend anyone, Flemish people speak better the Dutch than the
Dutch themselves most of the time, but sometimes the Flemish say thing a little
bit different than the Dutch.
I think it's because of the fact that the box is from the 50's. Nowadays there
really wouldn't be a difference because it would be way to expensive to make two
boxes ;-)
The French frase is on the box because they speak two (actually three, Dutch,
French, German) languages in Belgium, so everything is bilangual.
Hope this helps,
Saskia
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| (...) Thank you Saskia, Here are the languages (by country) written on each country's Lego boxes from 1955-58: Denmark: "System i leg" Norway: "System i lek" Sweden: "System i lek" Germany: "System im Spiel" Austria: "System im Spiel" Switzerland: (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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