Well, the 'Vijder' bit works, pronunciation-wise.
The first bit - not so much.
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:41,
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What exactly do think 'oe' sounds like?
'Cos I don't think it sounds like what you think it sounds like.
;-)
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:47,
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;-)
No Dutch vowels sound like they're supposed to sound like. Gaelic, too.
Thur leffing op thor slaaaves it oos.
eg "Dirk Kuyt".
Without BBC help, an entire country of 60-odd million people would still be struggling to get remotely near the proper pronunciation. Who knew? Or even guessed?
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:50,
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eg "Dirk Kuyt".
Without BBC help, an entire country of 60-odd million people would still be struggling to get remotely near the proper pronunciation. Who knew? Or even guessed?
The one that always gets the tourists is:
't Spui.
No-one ever gets it right. That and 's-Hertogenbosch.
:)
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:58,
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No-one ever gets it right. That and 's-Hertogenbosch.
:)
The first thing I ever did in a forrin country
was get on a bus.
An old lady moved out of the way of my clumsy backpack. I said "Alstublieft".
She was delighted. No Englishman she'd ever come across had even bothered trying a word of Dutch in her whole life, she said. In perfect English. (Not that I was an angel, though. I was, and remain, a drunk tit)
I still find it hard to comprehend Dutch vowels, though.
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 14:05,
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An old lady moved out of the way of my clumsy backpack. I said "Alstublieft".
She was delighted. No Englishman she'd ever come across had even bothered trying a word of Dutch in her whole life, she said. In perfect English. (Not that I was an angel, though. I was, and remain, a drunk tit)
I still find it hard to comprehend Dutch vowels, though.
I am unfamiliar with this
one moment please while I look it up
... ham and egg sandwich? Ham and Egg sandwich with optional cheese...?
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:48,
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... ham and egg sandwich? Ham and Egg sandwich with optional cheese...?
Dutch omelette
www.restariadedam.nl/images/uitsmijter.jpg
EDIT actually this is more like it www.party-bar.nl/images/uitsmijter.jpg
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:51,
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EDIT actually this is more like it www.party-bar.nl/images/uitsmijter.jpg
I'm hungry now
that looks pretty good... despite the strange and rubbish garnish... and what looks like an icecream scoop of tuna mayo
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:53,
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Oh, it's soooo much more than that.
www.eetenijssalonmenzing.nl/pictures/uitsmijter.jpg
Edit: And the cheese is *not* optional, in any civilised eatery.
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Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:53,
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Edit: And the cheese is *not* optional, in any civilised eatery.