Remembering Carol William Dunker: The Man Who Brought the Walloon Language to America

2023-06-25 20:58:15

He was the author of a song, “Toudi su’l voye”, which made the Walloon language rhyme with the rhythms and swing of America. Article reserved for subscribers Journalist in the Culture department By Nicolas Crousse Published on 06/25/2023 at 22:58 Reading time: 2 min

Is Belgium losing its accents? Early Sunday evening, we learned of the death of Carol William Dunker, at the Marie Curie hospital in Lodelinsart, just hours following that of the “rital” Claude Barzotti, in Court-Saint-Etienne. Not long ago, it was already Marollian time for Grand Jojo, a chef. That, too, of the Tourinnois poet Julos Beaucarne, author-composer of the famous P’tite Gayole. And not that far, remember, it was the maid of the priest (and baroness) Annie Cordy. A whole era, in short.

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