Boonen in Playboy
05-12-06, 01:29 AM
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Boonen in Playboy
Does anyone hear speak Dutch? Apparently there is some article on Boonen's website about an appearance he made in Playboy. Somehow I can't picture him posing there. Does anyone know what the article on boonen's website is talking about? It is in the news section under "April"
05-12-06, 01:36 AM
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Boonen's a belgian so wouldn't his website be in flemish or french?
05-12-06, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by mingsta
Boonen's a belgian so wouldn't his website be in flemish or french?
05-12-06, 01:41 AM
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i thought belgians spoke french and german...
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ah, here we go...
Languages: Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
Languages: Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
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i know dutch, but i'm too lazy to translate. here it is, compliments of babelfish
TOMs Boonen in playboy thanks to Scarlet (28/04/2006) TOMs Boonen, kersvers face of telecomoperator Scarlet, appeared on Saturday 22 April in full glorie in playboy. Who hoped be able admire the world champion complete nude came deceived from. With the publicity advertisement of two pages want Boonen exactly show that he does not let strip itself, just like other customers of Scarlet. TOMs Boonen signed a joint operating agreement with Scarlet in February 2006 to associate itself the coming two years with the company. The world champion becomes the Belgian face of the telecomoperator and will cooperate in several national campaign. Of the first action to which grants its collaboration to Boonen late you are not uitkleden"campaign which was started up previous year by Scarlet. A voorproefje of the cooperation with TOMs Boonen within the framework of the action "leaves you does not strip" lay on 22 April in the winkelrekken. Readers of playboy got Boonen in naked udder to see with a short motivation of its choice for Scarlet. He who it is not yet subscribed on Scarlet, weet not what he misses. With Scarlet you surf for 49.95 euro per month high-speed by means of ADSL and ring you for free to fixed numbers in Belgium. Moreover can you preserve yourself old number simply and have you no more belgacom subscription necessary for this service, thus the world champion. The choice of Scarlet to cooperate with TOMs Boonen had been made also fast. According to Willy Coolen, general director of Scarlet Belgium stands Boonen for quality, speed, freedom of spirit and confrontation. TOMs Boonen still remain up to February 2008 the face of Scarlet. A new medium campaign on TV starts soon and in the newspapers.
and here's the pics
TOMs Boonen in playboy thanks to Scarlet (28/04/2006) TOMs Boonen, kersvers face of telecomoperator Scarlet, appeared on Saturday 22 April in full glorie in playboy. Who hoped be able admire the world champion complete nude came deceived from. With the publicity advertisement of two pages want Boonen exactly show that he does not let strip itself, just like other customers of Scarlet. TOMs Boonen signed a joint operating agreement with Scarlet in February 2006 to associate itself the coming two years with the company. The world champion becomes the Belgian face of the telecomoperator and will cooperate in several national campaign. Of the first action to which grants its collaboration to Boonen late you are not uitkleden"campaign which was started up previous year by Scarlet. A voorproefje of the cooperation with TOMs Boonen within the framework of the action "leaves you does not strip" lay on 22 April in the winkelrekken. Readers of playboy got Boonen in naked udder to see with a short motivation of its choice for Scarlet. He who it is not yet subscribed on Scarlet, weet not what he misses. With Scarlet you surf for 49.95 euro per month high-speed by means of ADSL and ring you for free to fixed numbers in Belgium. Moreover can you preserve yourself old number simply and have you no more belgacom subscription necessary for this service, thus the world champion. The choice of Scarlet to cooperate with TOMs Boonen had been made also fast. According to Willy Coolen, general director of Scarlet Belgium stands Boonen for quality, speed, freedom of spirit and confrontation. TOMs Boonen still remain up to February 2008 the face of Scarlet. A new medium campaign on TV starts soon and in the newspapers.
and here's the pics
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Originally Posted by dog hair
i thought belgians spoke french and german...
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Originally Posted by dog hair
i thought belgians spoke french and german...
05-12-06, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Artmo
Most Belgians speak either Flemish which is as close to Dutch as any language could be
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Flemish, which is spoken mostly in the north (Flanders, basically)...think of it like Spanish spoken in South America, versus Spanish spoken in Spain when comparing it to Dutch in the Netherlands. Belgium declared their independence from the Netherlands in the early 1800's...thus the influence.
French, spoken mostly in the south (Wallonia, basically).
And a lot of English...
French, spoken mostly in the south (Wallonia, basically).
And a lot of English...
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Originally Posted by botto
It's as close as any language could be because it's the SAME language.
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Originally Posted by roadwarrior
Flemish, which is spoken mostly in the north (Flanders, basically)...think of it like Spanish spoken in South America, versus Spanish spoken in Spain when comparing it to Dutch in the Netherlands. Belgium declared their independence from the Netherlands in the early 1800's...thus the influence.
French, spoken mostly in the south (Wallonia, basically).
And a lot of English...
French, spoken mostly in the south (Wallonia, basically).
And a lot of English...
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Belgium is made up of 3 regions Wallonia, Flanders, and the Capitol Brussels (NATO headquarters)
For anyone that is really interested in Belgium look at the long article in Cycle Sport America May 2005..... It goes into great detail the cultural differences between the Wallonians, and the Flemish (French language vs. Flemish). It also talks about the history of Belgian riders and where they hailed from.
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For anyone that is really interested in Belgium look at the long article in Cycle Sport America May 2005..... It goes into great detail the cultural differences between the Wallonians, and the Flemish (French language vs. Flemish). It also talks about the history of Belgian riders and where they hailed from.
Edited: For posting while being sleepy
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Originally Posted by Artmo
I know, and so are American English and English English, supposedly, but one is a bastardisation of the other
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Originally Posted by domestique
Capitol Brussels (U.N headquarters)
Possibly you mean NATO, and/or the European Common Market.
Brussels has been, for some time, the financial hub of Europe.
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Originally Posted by roadwarrior
Brussels has been, for some time, the financial hub of Europe.
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Originally Posted by Artmo
I know, and so are American English and English English, supposedly, but one is a bastardisation of the other
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Originally Posted by roadwarrior
Uh, no, the UN is headquartered in New York. Unless there has been a cataclysmic event of which I am unaware....
Possibly you mean NATO, and/or the European Common Market.
Brussels has been, for some time, the financial hub of Europe.
Possibly you mean NATO, and/or the European Common Market.
Brussels has been, for some time, the financial hub of Europe.
Sorry I meant NATO....please forgive me...... I just got up 10 minutes prior to posting
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Originally Posted by botto
I believe that most would consider London and Frankfurt as the financial capitols of Europe.
Whatever...
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Originally Posted by roadwarrior
all the management and governance of the euro, all commerce, etc...is run by the EU...all of it in Brussels.
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Originally Posted by Artmo
I know, and so are American English and English English, supposedly, but one is a bastardisation of the other
I will take that as a compliment!
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God, do you guys know how to kill a thread. We start with Playboy, and then morph to whether Brussels with the EU, or London with financial markets is the capitol of Europe. You guys must be a blast at parties.
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
God, do you guys know how to kill a thread. We start with Playboy, and then morph to whether Brussels with the EU, or London with financial markets is the capitol of Europe. You guys must be a blast at parties.
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Originally Posted by linux_author
- you mean Australian?
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
God, do you guys know how to kill a thread. We start with Playboy, and then morph to whether Brussels with the EU, or London with financial markets is the capitol of Europe. You guys must be a blast at parties.