BrianO wrote:
I know; I was making a little joke. A poor attempt at humor, since it didn't seem to come across. If it had been a Russian reviewer I might have said dat is Russisch voor mij.
Yeah, that guy is echte Nordholland. He ain't from Maastricht, that's for sure!
No offense Geert, but you completely missed Brian's initial irony As an anglo-speaker who is an eensy bit familiar with Nederlands, I found Brian's comment to be funny.
'Cause, ya know, the northern Dutch sound like drunken English pirates of the 17th century ;-)
sirimiri wrote:
Yeah, that guy is echte Nordholland. He ain't from Maastricht, that's for sure!
No offense Geert, but you completely missed Brian's initial irony As an anglo-speaker who is an eensy bit familiar with Nederlands, I found Brian's comment to be funny.
'Cause, ya know, the northern Dutch sound like drunken English pirates of the 17th century ;-)
So I didn't get the joke, big deal. He is not speaking Nothern Dutch, he is speaking Standard Dutch more or less. Northern Dutch would be Low Saxon or Frisian. Not that it is has anything to do with the hood of the 24-70 but you brought it up.
As an anglo-speaker who is an eensy bit familiar with Nederlands, I found Brian's comment to be funny.
I suspect that was part of the design compromise.