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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ik heb U lief, mijn Nederlands! #186174 07/29/2009 2:24 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh For Brannie and other language lovers: an interesting article about the Dutch language(s) (link). Quote: Now is that Flemish common Dutch? Yes and no. Flemish writers often win Dutch literature prizes, and Flemish readers often win the Dutch national spelling contest. But the Flemish television channels subtitle the Amsterdam police series Baantjer ... in Dutch! I can immediately hear whether a television presenter is Flemish or Dutch, because of the differences in accent and sentence structure and choice of words. Dutch people don't immediately understand what the Flemish politician Kris Peeters means by saying "he won't let people play with his feet". A Dutchman would say "he won't let people consider him the fool". Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ik heb U lief, mijn Nederlands! zmjezhd #186177 07/29/2009 10:15 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Thanks for the link. I read the article and some of the gentlemen's stories. I enjoyed them. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ik heb U lief, mijn Nederlands! zmjezhd #186218 07/31/2009 4:31 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Wow, that's a nice and solid article. (Some catching-up to do as I was up in Friesland for a couple of days.) Thanks for it, reminding me of the South African songs my mother taught us as my father was born in S.Africa. My grandfather indeed did fight in the Boer War. I've read all of it. Good job. In Friesland they still make you say: "buter, brea en griene tsies", to say it quick is not that easy for us. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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