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09-09-2008, 11:14 AM
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He I was just wondering if there were a lot of dutch people around at this forum. Really think it would be waesome if some of you guys could react.
Thanks.
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09-09-2008, 03:07 PM
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Sure. Hi, I'm awesome.
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09-09-2008, 03:46 PM
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Yes, hi, I would be awesome.
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09-09-2008, 04:09 PM
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Do we have to be Dutch *shudder* or just Dutch-speaking?  | | |
09-09-2008, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by GawainBS  Do we have to be Dutch *shudder* or just Dutch-speaking? | Is awesomeness quantifiable? | | |
09-09-2008, 04:15 PM
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Yes, yes, it is. I think. To be honest, I can only think of two other members here who are either Dutch or Flemish-Belgian.
Would you count Southafrican as Dutch?
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09-09-2008, 04:57 PM
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Other former colonies? Suriname? East-India? Australia? New York?
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09-09-2008, 04:59 PM
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I doubt that, except for Suriname, there's little Dutch spoken in those places.
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09-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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Heh. It's funny though, there are still traces of the Dutch language found in these places. Even in American English. I once encountered the word goedkoop (cheap) in an old-ish English dictionary, though I do not remember if it was an American English dictionary. The languages of trade.  | | |
09-09-2008, 05:10 PM
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Indeed, the language of commerce. On a similar note, the word "ledger" comes from "legger" (from "leggen" = "to lay"). It used to be a book so big that you had to lay it on a table to handle it. Hence the name.
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09-10-2008, 07:52 AM
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Cool, I always love finding out about that kind of stuff. A bit to a fault really. I can suddenly notice and point something like this out mid conversation, after which people always give me that 'what the hell are you smoking'-look. 
Gnomes!
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09-12-2008, 05:45 AM
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i can do a pretty good dutch accent... does that count?
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09-12-2008, 08:38 AM
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Sure, I come from the twisting Netherlands
Nothing I'm too proud of online though.
We're a loudmouthed lot
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09-12-2008, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by AvatarOfLight Sure, I come from the twisting Netherlands
Nothing I'm too proud of online though.
We're a loudmouthed lot | I read the Dutch Tribalwars fora a few days, and I understand that sentiment...
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09-12-2008, 09:15 AM
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I kind of hate Holland though. Here, shallowness serves only to protect the shallowier. And Gordon.
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