Entries tagged with "dutch"
Ik zou uw prins willen huwen, tevreden.
posted by srah on April 4, 2004 6:56 PM
P.P.S. If the Crown Prince of Denmark insists on getting married to someone else, then dibs on him. Sure, he's 8th or 9th in line, so I won't be Queen of the Netherlands, but royal family is royal family. And daaaaaaaaaayum....
Drie scheuren in het fudament der Gereformeerde waarheid
posted by srah on July 1, 2003 11:35 AM
Tags: accents, dutch, french, language, spanish
I read a Dutch card-catalogue card out loud to my mother, who told me I sounded like I was speaking French. I realized my mistake and changed my Rs from the voiced uvular fricative to flapped ones (language nerd! language nerd!), and felt like I was speaking Spanish. I read Spanish with a French accent, Dutch with a Spanish one, and French with a strange one that no one can identify, but definitely sounds foreign. I strive to be a mutant in all languages....
Citrus facts
posted by srah on April 28, 2003 6:57 PM
As you may know, Citroën is a maker of French automobiles. What you may not know is that citroen is the Dutch word for lemon. In other interesting related news, the Dutch word for orange apparently translates as "sinus apple". Yum....
