Hugh Laurie on Belgians
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2013
- Hugh Laurie on Graham Norton, talking about the Belgian talkshow Café Corsari (and Belgians in general), where they showed a clip of him on Graham Norton, talking about Belgium. Can't follow? Just watch the clip...
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as a Dutch guy I think the Belgians are actually very civilised and pleasant, we could learn a thing or two from them.
I think it's because Belgians are really good at laughing at themselves. I don't think it's wrong, it made me laugh (I am Belgian btw). I'd rather be able to laugh at my own country than being offended everytime someone joked about it, I think it makes Belgians rather nice.
Actually, in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium ALL foreign tv-shows are in their original language, with Dutch subtitles, because we can read, listen and watch at the same time :-)
I don't get why they are making fun of Belgium not understanding dialogue because we learn English, French, Dutch and German all when we're teenagers...
We're not “thrilled that we're even mentioned”, we don't care that much really, because we can laugh at ourselves. You can call us quietly confident. At the end of the day we're not stupid, don't forget we are talking to YOU in YOUR language, not the other way around. On average Belgians speak 3-4 languages .. I know, we're smart like that :-)
We just like being mentioned because most of the time the rest of the world forgets we even exist XD
That awkward moment when you want to talk about the difficulty of translating tv-shows, taking Belgium as an example for being stupid, when Belgium and the Netherlands are surrounded by countries where almost every tv-show get dubbed. Oh Hugh!
OMG! i am an indian and i somehow come across this video.i see the comments and the video. I cant believe how nice people from belgium are! even in comments sections, you guys are so cool! weldone!!
Spent a little time in Belgium when I was stationed in Germany years ago, and I've got nothing but great memories of the country and the people. Everyone was so very nice...
I had a layover in Brussels and ended up spending an entire unplanned week exploring Belgium because it was so nice.
I've only known one Belgian, and she was one of the most impressive persons I have ever met. Sharp, hard-working, kind, and gorgeous (which always helps).
We Belgians actually like making a little fun of ourselves :D
Love Belgians. They are very friendly and quite cosmopolitan for such a small nation. I think maybe they have to be so friendly because they are too small to make enemies.
Watching this makes me wanna travel to Belgium. As a northern european who's traveled a lot and never really heard anything about the country other than the stereotypes (chocolate and... yeah.) it seems like an interesting place to visit. You just don't hear much about them, other than when you bump into that one belgian backpacker tourist with an acoustic guitar that appears in every european city.
Well, I just think I hardly ever got to a nicer place in the world than Belgium: it's all so different from one place to another, and those differences are all immensely beautiful. You'll have deep valleys and forests you might think you're in the Alps, and, well, you're just a few feet up from the ground, and it's the lovely rolling hillside of the Ardennes... then you'll meet Dutch-looking golden wee towns such as Tournai, Veurne, Ieper and you'll wander whether those peculiar houses actually taste like wafels... then again you'll pass through swamplands and polders and you'll surely think you're in Holland, but there's plenty more forests all around and nature is so wild, and that's Flanders... then you'll get to Brugge or Gent and you'll wonder whether you really have time enough to visit Amsterdam as you had planned... back to Brussels, okay, a wee bit too chaotic and 'European', but I'd rather keep my feet stamped on the Grand Place than walk anywhere else in the world... but then again you'll venture up to the Kempen and, wow, if you love wandering through woodlands, pass across canals and wee brooks, that's heaven for you... there's a wee town called Bree, it's where Kim Clijsters was born, and that to me is absolutely one of the prettiest things I've ever seen... finally, you'll head to the coastline and probably go camping: lucky you, you've got marshlands and dunes, and let me tell you: if it's raining or even storming out, it's even more exciting, wild beautiful landscapes, windmills and all, and... you know, I'm from Scotland and I used to think the North Sea was simply such a dull boring empty space... in Belgium I stood in front of something wonderful, those grey and white waves crashing onto the shore and everything... apart from waffles and chocolate and beer of course, enough said...
It is something we (Belgians) actually might have in common with English people (I dare not say British here as I don't know if it applies to the rest of uk). There is some clip where Stephen Fry ( big friend of Laurie for those who don't know him) explain the difference between English and US humor and the difference is that in the English joke, the butt of the joke is the teller of the joke whereas in US humor it will be someone else.
A member of my family is a Malinois, a Belgian Shepherd Dog. Apart from being extremely handsome and witty, he is also highly intelligent and very quick on the uptake. Just thought I'd mention it.
This is so true. Whenever I hear someone in a show or movie mention Belgium or the Belgians I like it, whatever the context
The reaction to this clip is one of the many reasons that I love Belgium and all the chocolate-smelling people there.
Oddly enough, I don't see why Belgium would have a problem with the wordy, dialogue heavy shows. At least not the Flemish part (where Cafe Corsari took place), since we just subtitle everything except the programs intended for the youngest of kids. The French, they dub everything. In Spain, everything is dubbed. Not Flanders or the Netherlands.