Re: Piat (was: Another NatLang i like)
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| Date: | Thursday, July 15, 1999, 18:40 |
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Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 15/07/99 18:42:44 , John a =E9crit :
> When the orthography of Dutch was being nailed down, it was found that
> the Dutch in the Netherlands preferred the spelling
> "cultuur", to avoid being too German, whereas their neighbors in
> Belgium preferred "kultuur", to avoid being too French.
> =20
no way. dutch prefer cultuur to look french
and flamish prefer kultuur to look german.
some more herrrring ?
btw, do you know that belgian joke about dutch :
Q : what are the first lines of any dutch cooking receipe ?
A : lend your neighbour an egg.
sorry for that stupid one but tayalat grammar is finished.
so i get bored. 'should make the voc by now.
mathias