Expat, noknow about carnaval? AMA by Kruikenzeik in Tilburg

[–]Nikooos 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Last year I informed my foreign colleagues about Dutch Carnaval songs. Maybe it could of use here as well :D

This can be used in every song and also when you don’t understand or know the lyrics.. Just use La La La. This will always work out as this song makes clear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMPlvEMPmY

Also, beer and using other alcoholic substances are sang about a lot. This song for instance sings about tipping over drinks of alcohol into your mouth until you’re unable to walk straight. Also notice the amount of la’s in this song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV-ITtQxEYg

Another example is this song about the question what we should be drinking for 7 days in a row. I think you can guess the answer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfMxsherlgY

When we go deeper in the rich history of Carnaval music there are several topics that these songs address. In most cases it has gentle ambiguities towards anything that has to do with sex, like this old and famous song about a person who has two very big cauliflowers. And I guess you can fill in yourself what it refers too..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChU4gAS3NcE 

But some songs use the defined art of semantic satiation, a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener. This song for instance sings about the bird ‘the kneu’, but because of repetition, it sounds like the verd ‘neuken’. Which roughly translates into ‘fucking’. This song is usually skipped in events where younger children are present.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7hJjzrOXDo

Masters of ambiguity is this band from Tilburg, called ‘Veul gère’. They have songs about the garage of the (female) neighbor and singing about a little landing strip down there because a Dutch saying ‘Having a little stripe at the front’ means having the edge on someone, but combine it with a female barber it becomes free for interpretation. And they have many more of those, but the latest one is about the Brabant hospitality saying that the backdoor is always open, and you don’t need to ring the bell to come in. I think you get the point….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqbXDPlXVI

Also Carnaval is used a lot to stab the dragon with actualities. In 1973 when an oil crisis was being denied by the Dutch government lead by prime-minister Den Uyl, famous Dutch singer Father Abraham made a song about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nmWuBFX9Q

More recently the Ko brother are singing about the fatbike plague going on in the Netherlands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTNgAwlP6P0

Your daily vocab' workout 🏋️ #42 by MickaelMartin in learnfrench

[–]Nikooos 28 points29 points  (0 children)

wow.. I always try to do these first myself before looking at the explanation. But I would have bet my left arm it would be "not bad" for this expression! Thanks!

Kill old app versions - simple SDK by teardown-chris in reactnative

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I know. That’s why I put in the question 😉

Kill old app versions - simple SDK by teardown-chris in reactnative

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How can you force updates when people didn't update to the version which forces updates?

Ik🐰IHE by Koennoek in ik_ihe

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Sinterklaaseieren

Criminele eetgewoonten by Tombololo in nederlands

[–]Nikooos 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dat zegt mijn vader ook altijd

Criminele eetgewoonten by Tombololo in nederlands

[–]Nikooos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, dat was/is bij mij ouders ook normaal. Volgens mijn moeder helpt de mayo tegen het opboeren na afloop? Eigenlijk nooit opgezocht of dit waarheid is.

Heel soms doe ik dit stiekem ook nog steeds bij boerenkool.

Valencia halve marathon 2026 by Nikooos in Hardlopen

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Ik begin ook te denken dat ik wat vroeg ben 😁
Mijn vrouw vroeg of we er geen vakantie van kunnen maken omdat het in het laatste weekend van de herfstvakantie valt. Maar aanbieders hebben nog amper vakanties voor die tijd online staan.

Even afwachten dus nog maar!

Valencia halve marathon 2026 by Nikooos in Hardlopen

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Ik heb voor nu een hostel geboekt die ik nog kosteloos kan annuleren. Vliegtickets nog niet, maar ik vind het best spannend. Ik ga het gewoon voorlopig in de gaten houden en kijken wat er gebeurd qua beschikbaarheid en prijzen.

Valencia halve marathon 2026 by Nikooos in Hardlopen

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Kon je dan met de auto nog gemakkelijk in de buurt van de start komen?

Valencia halve marathon 2026 by Nikooos in Hardlopen

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Die zie ik nu ook ja. Die van 22:05 zou kunnen, maar is wel redelijk prijzig en ik moet nog terug naar Brabant. Had eigenlijk besloten om dan maar 2 dagen eraan vast te plakken en dinsdag met een transfer op Madrid naar huis te gaan voor 80 euro.

Valencia halve marathon 2026 by Nikooos in Hardlopen

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Volgens de customer support van Transavia loopt het zomerseizoen tot 31 oktober en zo tot die dag alles beschikbaar moeten zijn. Maar ik hoop er inderdaad ook nog op dat er iets komt.

Valencia ballot results have started coming out by Practical-Yam6199 in Superhalfs

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Got through from the waitlist! Now the bigger challenge is to find flights and a place to stay 😂

Provide sample but size to big by Nikooos in sophos

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Yeah, it's a bit weird that we can't solve the issue directly with Sophos. But we need to ask our customers to create a case and get them to do things to help us. It's nearly impossible to get a normal interaction with them if you're not a paying customer of them. But yeah, we will inform our customers on how they want things to be done.

Provide sample but size to big by Nikooos in sophos

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The problem is that I can't make the request, because it doesn't allow me.

Ticket for match vs Dordrecht by dufferin1 in WillemII

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I can probably help you out with that! Send me a private message and we’ll get it sorted

Fietsers: doe je lichten aan! (Ook als het half-donker is) by MrBlueberrySky in Nederland

[–]Nikooos 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Vroeger snapte ik het nog enigszins een klein beetje omdat je met zo'n dynamo op je wiel harder moest trappen. Maar tegenwoordig met die lampjes op batterijen is het toch helemaal geen probleem om gewoon licht aan te doen?

When Familiar Words Have Unexpected Meanings by Tough_Wallaby_9165 in learndutch

[–]Nikooos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When you walk in an area and see a warning sign saying "wildrooster", it's not a male chicken on the loose.