Talk:Gazet van Antwerpen

De Frut
Is there a source for "De Frut" meaning "sour head cheese" ? I've always thought that it referred to French fries, in an number of Antwerp dialects called "frut". The newspaper would then have received its nickname because in those days, the fries were served in cones, made of old newspapers... --LucVerhelst 22:00, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm. frut->zult->hoofdkaas->head cheese? Obvious, one can pack this meat mixture in newspapers as well :) Intangible 22:21, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, obvious : frut->friet->french fries.
 * Did you ever try and pack frut (the meat) in the paper of newspapers ? Please try. I wonder what disassembles first, the paper or the frut... Boerekop is rather watery as a substance. :-D
 * One source indeed speaks of frut as in boerekop, the meat mixture. Originaly, GvA was a "centenblad", a very cheap newspaper for the masses. Hence the reference to boerekop, which is very cheap meat, made out of gelatine and scrapings (of organs, ...), meat for the masses. --LucVerhelst 22:31, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Circulation
This must be one of the more bizarre articles on newspapers. The circulation is reported for the 19th centurty and for 1973, but there are no current circulation numbers. And what with saying it will never reach its peak again?? This is an encyclopedia, not a crystal ball. JdeJ 10:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)