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Dragon Phoenix
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 11:00 am    Post subject: 41 Reply with quote

Pagina twee.
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie



PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 1:40 pm    Post subject: 42 Reply with quote

geinig...
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Lucky Wizard
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 4:45 am    Post subject: 43 Reply with quote

*reads Cadmium's post*

In Spanish, the phrase "montaņa rusa" literally means "Russian mountain", but it actually means "roller coaster".
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jesternl
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 3:56 pm    Post subject: 44 Reply with quote

see my sig...

It means A wise man pisses not against the wind


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Lucky Wizard
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:48 am    Post subject: 45 Reply with quote

Also, in Spanish, the phrase "de pelicula", literally meaning "of film", means "extraordinary".
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The Doctor
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:06 am    Post subject: 46 Reply with quote

And what do all of these mean? I am especially curious about DP's Aga one"
Originally posted by DP:
[Aga]Mensjen zjeggen gekschjerend djat Njederlajnds schijnt tje wordjen geschrjeven djoor willjekejurig jop jeen toetsjenbord tje rjammen.[/Aga]


Google and AltaVista don't translate Dutch, dash it!

[This message has been edited by The Doctor (edited 04-20-2003 12:07 AM).]
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Cadmium
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:54 am    Post subject: 47 Reply with quote

The Doctor, even with a generator translating to dutch, you won't find the meaning of that sentense. I'll give you the translation of the original sentense, but DP means something completely different :

Originally posted by Jesternl:
Mensen zeggen gekscherend dat Nederlands schijnt te worden geschreven door willekeurig op een toetsenbord te rammen.


Making fun of the Dutch language, people say that it appears to be written by randomly jamming on a keyboard.



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Captain Canada
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 6:35 pm    Post subject: 48 Reply with quote

.........and placing the letter 'J' within every word. So you can take any verse in English, add loads of 'J's' and turn it into Dutch. For example:

"I'm from Europe and I enjoy eating Whelks" (English version)

"I'm frojm Eujrojpe ajnd I enjojy eajting Whejlks" (Dutch version)

It also works to a lesser scheme using 'Z's' and 'K's'.

On a side note, do you know that the Dutch language only has 3 vowels, yet has 35 consonants.
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie



PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:07 pm    Post subject: 49 Reply with quote

Quote:
I'm frojm Eujrojpe ajnd I enjojy eajting Whejlks

When will you folks learn proper Dutch.... It's "I'm frjom Eujropjke ajnd I enjojy eajting Whejlks"

I tried to put a whole lot of G's in my sentence, I love that scraping throat sound that they make
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Lucky Wizard
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 12:00 am    Post subject: 50 Reply with quote

Bump.

May I add that the Spanish phrase "hacer juego con" literally means "to do games with" but actually means "to go well with" in the clothing-related context.

There are definitely other examples, but I don't recall them.
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