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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: [Waaaayyyyy OT] Dutch stuff grouped into one message
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:34:45 +0100
Like the subject line says, to avoid taking up too much of the list I've
grouped all the H-word messages into one...

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Khayman said on 16:36/12 Jun 97...

> On 12 Jun 97 at 11:33, Gurth wrote:
[snip]
> > I might have missed something, but I have to say that it looks like
> > Norwegian is better to understand when written down than when it's
> > being spoken ;) (I tried watching a Norwegian TV show a few days ago,
> > and all I can say is "thank whoever invented subtitles" :)
>
> LOL. Norwegian is hard? Listen to your own language!? It's sounds
> like somebody is choking a cow while shouting a march! hmmm, hope I
> wasn't to rude, thats whats 4 years of learning German does to you =|

Yep, imagine what learning it for 5 years does. Especially their
literature... :)

> Well I guess Danish isn't that beautiful either, but at least it is
> somewhat soft in the sound: " Jeg tror ikke du forstår et klap af dett=
e,
> men du kan jo overraske mig! Tysk driver mig til vanvid!" I know your no=
t
> German.

It looks like a text in a normal language that ended up in a bad cluster
to me...

> Your from the Netherlands, nicht?. Or Holland or whatever.

You're lucky Spike warned you already, so you know now is the time to put
on your flameproof suit...

[This is a public announcement: due to the unrestrained language used in
this paragraph, it has been deleted. Thank you for your cooperation.]

*catches breath* Right. With that out of the way, let's explain the
situation for all those who've been brainwashed by the &#@%^&# Hollanders:=

there are 12 provinces in this country, and only 2 of them are called
"Holland". And I DON'T live in EITHER of them! Zeeland, yes. Holland, no.
All clear? Good.

> It sound somwhat German, just add a lot of English, French and
> Skandinavian. Wierd ; ) BTW, Germans always resync movies. Damn
> annoying. use text Dammit!

Amen! Especially when the TV guide says a movie is broadcast in two
languages (German and the original), and when I look, it isn't!

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Spike said on 15:57/12 Jun 97...

> OOOO ECK!!!!!
>
> Duck for cover guys! someone just said Gurth came from Holland!!!!!
> Hides under Gurths stairs while Gurths away beating up people.....
>
> :)

It's safe now, you can come out again. (Hmm, maybe I need to re-do that
fireproof cover on the stairs...)

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Khayman said on 17:50/12 Jun 97...

> Gotta watch where you step in this place. Hope he hasn't a big
> leather winged beast with a thousand eyes, which he'll send after
> me =O

You can rest easy, I don't. I don't need one *big grin*

> "Jeg kommer fra Danmark. Mit navn er Mikkel. Gurth er ikke fra
> Holland." ; )

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Spike said on 16:59/12 Jun 97...

> <wild guess>
>
> I come from Denmark? My Name is Mikkel? Gurth is NOT from Holland?
>
> </wild guess>

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Khayman said on 19:26/12 Jun 97...

> The crowd starts to throw Spike roses and the like!!! I told you the two
> languages were pretty alike (OK, the sentence wasn't that complicated,
> but WTH).

Now you try these: "En kinderen, wat hebben we vandaag geleerd?"
"Dat 'Holland' en 'Nederland' niet hetzelfde zijn!"
"Goed zo!"

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David Buehrer said on 10:55/12 Jun 97...

> Okay, how about "O, mijn God! Er zit een bijl in mijn hoofd!" ;)

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> Deathdefying he tries:
> "Oh my God! He is a thorn in my foot!"
>
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=
¨¨¨¨¨¨
> "¨"=I'm pretty sure with this part. The rest is Martian.

You can know this one if you've seen other recent .sigs David used, as
they're all the same except in different languages. You're almost right,
except for three words: He, thorn, and foot; these should be there, axe,
and head, respectively :)

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Message no. 2
From: Khayman <gunnerhansen@********.DK>
Subject: Re: [Waaaayyyyy OT] Dutch stuff grouped into one message
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 01:58:55 +0000
> *catches breath* Right. With that out of the way, let's explain the
> situation for all those who've been brainwashed by the &#@%^&# Hollanders:
> there are 12 provinces in this country, and only 2 of them are called
> "Holland". And I DON'T live in EITHER of them! Zeeland, yes. Holland, no.
> All clear? Good.
>
<heartfelt excuse>
Sorry about this Zeeland thing. I think that 95% of Europe would have
written the same thing about your nationality. Some pretty good
brainwashing!
</heartfelt excuse>
>
> Now you try these: "En kinderen, wat hebben we vandaag geleerd?"
> "Dat 'Holland' en 'Nederland' niet hetzelfde zijn!"
> "Goed zo!"
>
With with your recent reprimande in mind:
"Well, children what have we learned today?"
"That 'Holland' and 'The Netherlands' are not the same!"
"That's it!" or "There you are!"

Well, hey. Don't be sorry about your country. The word Danish is
mostly connected with something you eat (well, at least with the
homies in God's own Country) ; ). Thanks for the flame.
*brushes of ashes, that once were clothes*

Khayman
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Mikkel Hansen, Denmark, Maribo 4930 EMail: gunnerhansen@********.dk
Homepage: http://cybercom.dk/remote/mikkel/greenman.htm
"(..) If men were as much men as lizards are lizards
they'd be worth looking at." -D.H.Lawrence
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