Five Embarrassing Mistakes I've Made In Dutch

So you don't have to...

1)"Mag ik de spleet erwten soep?" = Not, 'can I have the split pea soup,' but 'can I have the split pussy soup.'

(pamusc93)

2)"Jij hebt volkoren gelijk." = Not, 'You're completely right,' but 'You're full-grain right.'



3) "Ik hou van kersens" = Not 'I love cherries' but 'I love cherrieses'


(darwin bell)

4) "Ik doe mijn beest" = Not, 'I'm doing my best,' but 'I'm doing my beast.'

(hanafan)



(After hearing someone's age)

"Oh, je ziet er niet uit." = Not 'oh, you don't look it,' but 'Oh, you don't look good.'





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Mexx love me some Dunglish also

"Black is more than a Colour."

But less than a number?


(from the Mexx website. No such thing as bad publicity, right guys?).

Okay, maybe it's a little mean to pick on poor Mexx, but it is a subsidiary of Liz Claiborne, and you'd think either they or their ad agency would have thought twice about this slogan.

Or worse, maybe they did think about it.

Apologies for the poor photo quality. Taken at night in front of the Rijksmuseum. MORE

Comic Relief

Just in case you were worried I don't have any sense of humor.

A Dutch designer has created a Tanja Nijmijer t-shirt. (see earlier post on Tanja featuring similar Balkenende t-shirts.
He doens't say how much they cost, but I'd like to buy one myself for my collection.


And, a hilarious link to an American's amazement at the Dutch biking scene. (A foretaste:)


I couldn't have said this stuff better than myself (note my son, in "suicide position") in photo at upper left hand corner of page.
(Thanks, Norma!)

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