corner view ≈ silly

belgium is divided, if you want to so call it, in two (three even) language areas. close to holland, we speak flemish, down the south french is the word, on the east side, german would be most popular. {a rather silly data, governmentless as belgium is to this date}

as i live pretty close to the wallonia region, i regularly take the train into such places as ath, tournai, charleroi and mons. on one of such trips, i slid past this unobtrusive place. the walloons may not blink at the name, but i'm wondering what anglophiles think upon riding through this village?
{the fact the railroad sign seems to be upholded by small zip cable wire, sure feels like a silly detail too, don't it?} ☻

silly theme from Heather on jane's corner view, hosted by francesca.

20 comments:

  1. FrancescaSeptember 21, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    I know, there's always a lot of meaning lost in translation - I'm also posting about this!

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  2. swigSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    great! I wish ou a not too silly day!

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  3. DoritSeptember 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    silly zip wires for a silly name, and all done in deepest sincerity I would guess :)

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  4. DebraSeptember 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    For me, the name Walloons is silly enough. Aren't you tempted to get off the train to see if the town really is silly?

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  5. KristinSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Funny :) Have a good day!

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  6. HeatherSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    It would be fun to live there and tell everyone that life is too short to be serious, so you live in Silly.

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  7. ElizabethSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    The perfect sign for today. Another lost-in-translation moment.

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  8. JoyceSeptember 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    I love the sign!! It is perfect for today's theme. xo

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  9. cateSeptember 21, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    oh, i would LOVE to go there, to the land of sillies. i think my people must be from there. xoxo

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  10. JoyceSeptember 21, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    LOL... to answer your question. Yes, the red clown nose is on top of Bo's nose. My husband and I tried to put the clown nose actually on his nose, but is nose was too big, so it didn't fit. Plus I wasn't sure even if it did fit that he could breath through it. :) xo

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  11. LeslieSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    love. that. sign. as an american, i can honestly say that if i came across it in your country, it would make my day - but i'm silly that way ;)

    also love the name, "walloons." very alice in wonderland-y.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    really ... a place called silly :)
    funny I just read in the newspaper this morning about Belgium being without government for a year - that's a looooong time.

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  13. tanïaSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    Always shake my head when I come across those silly belgian phenomenon of overwriting flemish/walloon/german signage in one of the other languages...in this case it's not necessary, the sign speaks for itself. ;o)

    These language conflicts within your country are really hard to understand for a non-belge anyway. I didn't even know there was a third (german) language area, until I moved to Aachen (which might also appear as Aken or Aix-la-Chapelle over there, haha). My father several times lost his way to Liége in pre-navigation-system-times when following the signage to "Lüttich", which then suddenly changed into "Liège" or "Luik". He didn't realise this was all ONE town!
    But at least Belgium proves that governments are obviously overrated and does it without as well. ;o))

    Now I am going to look up for "Silly" and see if it's near enough to steal the sign! ;oD

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  14. Karyn Taylor-MooreSeptember 22, 2011 at 4:33 AM

    A lovely name for a town!! I often feel like I live in 'Silly' right at the moment. Some very strange things going on here!!

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  15. flowtopsSeptember 22, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Ha! I love that, towns with intriguing names. (Not far from where I live, there's this place "Doodstil" (dead quiet), and there's one called "Hongerige Wolf" (hungry woolf) as well.

    Great catch on the tie-wrap - silly indeed.

    PS Yes, our forestcat is a wanderer. But he's been gone a bit too long now, I think. And he is my No. 1 mate, so I do miss him.

    Nicki

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  16. shayndelSeptember 22, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    Too perfect for words!

    Oh, and orange you glad it didn't say "Banana"!

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  17. ;)September 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Génial ! Silly like politic is in this country?

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  18. TheresaSeptember 22, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    This makes me smile.

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  19. G. E. LightSeptember 22, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Now slly would be that welsh town name that has like 37 letters and 1 vowel.

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  20. KariSeptember 23, 2011 at 6:20 AM

    I'd like to have that sign in my house. There are some day's here that are just too silly for words.

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