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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (284827)	4/22/2006 1:31:04 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572630

Re: .....the French were very successful in their "frenchifying" of Brussels. Even with the kind of structures in Grand Place which clearly have a Dutch architectural influence, I never would have guessed that the city's origin was Dutch. Let me return the compliment: Americans were likewise very successful in their "americanizing" of New Orleans. Think of Brussels as a Flemish New Orleans of sorts.... The French did leave their mark on New Orleans probably in very much the same way they did in Brussels......after all, the French Quarter is considered French even though the neighborhood was rebuilt by the Spanish after a big fire destroyed the original. And of course, the name of the city is French. In fact, the language of the Louisiana Cajuns is a bastardized French. So I see the similarities between New Orleans and Brussels.