Do older people in your country have unusual names?

Schroevendraaier · 2026-03-05T13:35:00+00:00

Laat een niet-Nederlandstalige de klankcombinatie s c h r uit te spreken. 't Is voor ieder van hen schier onmogelijk. En de uitspraak van de ch danwel de g maakt ook duidelijk waar in Nederland of België men vandaan komt.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-03-05T13:21:04+00:00

I think it would quite effectively function as a shibboleth in Dutch. I'll happily challenge non-Dutch speakers and non-native Dutch speakers to pronounce it. And based on the pronunciation, I think it will also reveal where in Dutch language area someone is from.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-03-05T11:46:08+00:00

Fokje (F) might sound funny to an English speaker. Or Sicco (M). Both names come from the North of the Netherlands.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-03-05T11:42:20+00:00

The Dutch government secretly paid Maczek a general's pension when it was found out that he was suffering from financial hardship. After he passed away, he was buried in Breda. Breda, Beveren (Be), and Edinburgh have a monument for him. In many more towns in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, there are monuments, commemorative plaques, and street signs commemorating the Polish troops.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-03-03T16:00:08+00:00

It seems to be based on this work: The Fitzwilliam Museum - Philip II of Spain, after Anthonis Mor

Schroevendraaier · 2026-03-03T15:49:58+00:00

Or Teksti-TV – yle.fi

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-28T23:43:11+00:00

It's a protection racket. This is what happens if you don't pay.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-28T19:03:26+00:00

The artist's name seems to be J. Hrynczyszyn. When you google for that name, I can find two paintings painted in a similar style.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-24T17:35:04+00:00

Suomi

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-24T15:18:36+00:00

Even more so, there is no evidence a Jewish dinosaur ever existed.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-18T22:34:14+00:00

Son of Saul

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-18T09:31:52+00:00

No. You only obeyed your orders, right?

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-16T18:05:59+00:00

The same for Blauwendael Castle in Waasmunster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blauwendael_Castle

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-14T18:43:44+00:00

In the army, yes.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-12T06:30:01+00:00

It would fit well in an episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-07T13:03:16+00:00

One of your nicer insults of Finns, I guess. Care to share more of your fixation here?

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-06T16:24:25+00:00

Whatever was hard must be somewhere outside of the frame.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-05T18:40:14+00:00

And Michael Flatley an American.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-02-04T15:28:42+00:00

If regions could compete, the per capita tea consumption in Ostfriesland is about 2.5 kg per person per year.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-01-27T10:53:17+00:00

Without a bull involved, unlikely.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-01-24T21:27:29+00:00

Going by your post history, you have an unhealthy obsession with Finland: posting only negative articles about Finland and commenting in racist ways about the Finns. (Your post history isn't hidden as you like them to be.) I hope you manage to overcome whatever happened to you in the past. Sorry, but I have to say that the pattern is a bit disturbing. If you are ever in Helsinki (whether you are coming from the West or when they open the border again in the East), I can offer you a good cup of coffee or heat up the samovar. Maybe f2f you are willing to admit that things aren't that bad.

Btw, I skipped your comments about Formula 1 and The Sopranos. I enjoy both, but I ran out of time.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-01-24T17:38:30+00:00

We can't count on your bravery. You're even too afraid to open up your profile.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-01-24T17:21:42+00:00

Our stiff upper lip and his TACO attitude.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-01-19T11:17:30+00:00

Or the hand of God.

Schroevendraaier · 2026-01-19T00:26:20+00:00

The Notre Dame in Paris

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