Talk:Genk

Bonnen

"Bonnen" is not a currency. It's the plural of the dutch word "bon", wich means something like "ticket". You buy them so that the people after the bar don't have to waste time on changing money etc. They are used in every festival, party,... in Belgium and probably every festival, party... in the rest of the world too. 134.58.253.131 08:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

In one period of Flanders' history, many official and commercial texts and documents had used the French language. A particular type of document that was often encountered by the native Dutch speaking people, stated "Bon pour ...", that is "Good for ..." ('...' actually mentioned the product that the paper was good for). Thus the French word for 'good' became the Dutch (especially in Flanders) word for a voucher valid for a small item. The plural "bonnen" is formed in a normal Dutch language way from the singular substantive "bon" that is pronounced like Dutch 'zon' or German 'von' and not at all like French 'bon'. Besides for drinks and snacks at parties and festivals, it is common for a reduction coupon ('Bon: - 20%', 'Bon: - 3 Euro') and its usage predates not only the Euro but also the European organisations. — SomeHuman 8 Sep2006 09:48 (UTC)

What is the SEA Tourist Commission?

Doing a Google search, I couldn't find any information about the SEA Tourist Commission except in reference to Genk, so I still have no idea what the SEA stands for, or even if the organization exists. Modal Jig (talk) 16:27, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

• The Baltic SEA Tourist Commission is the only thing I could find with that name. However, I couldn't find a reference anywhere on the supposed vote (which I, as a former inhabitant, would be surprised about if it were true). A lot of websites and local tourism related services (i.e. hotels, other guides etc) refer to this as well. However, they might have only mentioned that because it's on Wikipedia ofcourse. 193.190.253.146 (talk) 19:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)