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I went to Holland at the weekend...

Discussion in 'Archive: BeNeLux' started by DARK_SCORE, Aug 12, 2002.

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  1. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Hij neemt het nog serieus ook...
    He's even taking it serious, too.
    Even denken hoor...
    Let me think.
    Ik weet een bruikbare!!
    I've got an useful one!!
    Waar is de WC?
    Where's the loo?
    Heb je 50 eurocent voor me voor een kop koffie?
    Can you give me 50 eurocents to buy a cup of coffee?
    Nee, ik heb geen geld voor je.
    No, i haven't got money for you.
    <Last 2 sentences are VERY useful when visiting the center of Amsterdam and the big railway stations, not that i never give beggars something...by the way.>
    Dus, wil je nog meer?
    So, are you thirsty for more?
     
  2. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I think you'll also have to tell him how to pronounce it all :p...

    Anyway, I think the best way to learn some basic phrases is with the help of little conversations, like how to order something at the baker's shop :p
    Like this:

    English: Hello baker :D

    Dutch: Hallo bakker

    Pronounce as: Haa-lo bak-er

    etc.

    Or something like that :p Sorry I'm no teacher :D...
     
  3. Darth_Omega

    Darth_Omega Force Ghost star 6

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    Well or you can just speak English.

    Although the Dutch are always bragging up how they can speak multiple languages (although no Spanish which is VERY weird)

    Their English is simply horrible :p

    It's always so easy to recognise a Dutch person speaking English.
     
  4. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Multiple languages is not more than one extra language... Or can you speak German (speaking, not knowing how to speak) and French as well...or other langauges?
     
  5. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Spanish is way to difficult to learn, especially the spelling...and like French isn't already hard enough to learn :D

    And yes the Dutch their English is horrible sometimes :p :D...
    But it's getting better, I think it's more the "older" generation that's having trouble speaking English.
     
  6. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Indeed,you don't want to hear my father speak English...
     
  7. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Paul Verhoeven is also embarrassing :p ever heard him talking English ???
     
  8. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    No i did not...only heard him saying he traded USA for Holland as his home country, or something like that.
     
  9. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Wasn't he supposed to come back one of these days to make a Dutch movie again ???
    I thought I heard that a while ago...
     
  10. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I have no idea, but i can't really say it's a tempting idea... [face_devil] Well, he made some nice movies, that's for sure.
     
  11. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    He almost directed ROTJ!
    I'm not kidding :p...
     
  12. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I did not know that.
     
  13. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    George Lucas had many interest in Verhoeven to direct ROTJ but then he saw "Spetters" :p not that it was a bad movie but it was a bit too extreme (you know Verhoeven-style) and the movie got bad criticism and many people began to turn their backs to Verhoeven and protested against his movies :p
    Lucas ofcourse didn't want any of this to happen with a Star wars movie so he had to choose another director...understandable.
     
  14. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I can imagine Ewoks getting splattered by AT-ST's and some aliens which make Jabba the Hutt seem tasteful...
     
  15. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I think if Verhoeven directed there wouldn't have been any Ewoks in the first place :p

    Possibly for the best that he didn't directed it...
     
  16. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    For the best, arguably
    For Good taste, definitely
     
  17. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Could have been one weird last episode with ED209's fighting arachnids on Endor while Leia is doing a striptease in Jabba's palace :p

    But who knows, he might could have done it in the "right" way...maybe he would have done it in "Floris" style :p that might had worked...
     
  18. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Don't know floris... was dat niet een of andere Ivanhou achtige serie?
     
  19. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Yeah it's something like that...
    This is Floris :D
    [image=http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~deniet/floris/floris2.jpg]
    Remember now ??? :p
     
  20. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Had hij niet zo'n slim hulpje die water in dehens kon zetten? En moesten ze het niet altijd tegen een halve gare Fries opnemen?
     
  21. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Ja...
    Dit is zijn slimme hulpje :p
    [image=http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~deniet/floris/sindala.jpg]
    Sindala :p...

    En dit zal die halve gare Fries dan wel zijn ?[face_plain]
    [image=http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~deniet/floris/pier.jpg]
    :D

    Of bedoel je deze ???
    [image=http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~deniet/floris/sergeant.jpg]
     
  22. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Jaja het begint me weer te dagen. Overigens is de 1e halve gare Fries de echte halve gare Fries...
     
  23. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Die halve gare Fries heet Lange Pier :D...
     
  24. Pepijn

    Pepijn Jedi Padawan star 4

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    de keizer van Friesland ofzo he? Waar je al niet heerser over kan zijn. Vind je het gek dat hij gebiedsuitbreiding wilt...
     
  25. flyingseal

    flyingseal Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Ik heb eigelijk geen idee :p Maar je hebt wel gelijk over Friesland :D...
     
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