Rent car from Amsterdam to Brussels

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:08:05 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>tile <supertile@libero.it> wrote:
>
>[]
>> By the way.. in Germany when you say that somebody comes from Friesland it
>> means he is not very brilliant. do you have in Holland the same thought ??
>
>I think they say "he voted for Berlusconi." That right, Martin?

Ja Ja Herr Horne.
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Martin

"Markku Grönroos" <kurkku@hassuserveri.fi> wrote in message
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> "tims next home" <tims_new_home.uk> kirjoitti
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>>
>> The thing that gets me, is why does the Dutch football team have the name
>> of only pat of the country that they represent emblazoned on their
>> shirts.
>>
> *The* Dutch football team? The national team? By which name you would
> replace the "Nederland".

I confess that I am not a football fan so I could be years out of date, but
the last time that I saw a clip of the Dutch team the shirt had "holland" on
it.

tim

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:57:21 +0100, "tims next home" <tims_new_home.uk>
wrote:

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>"Markku Grönroos" <kurkku@hassuserveri.fi> wrote in message
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>> "tims next home" <tims_new_home.uk> kirjoitti
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>>>
>>> The thing that gets me, is why does the Dutch football team have the name
>>> of only pat of the country that they represent emblazoned on their
>>> shirts.
>>>
>> *The* Dutch football team? The national team? By which name you would
>> replace the "Nederland".
>
>I confess that I am not a football fan so I could be years out of date, but
>the last time that I saw a clip of the Dutch team the shirt had "holland" on
>it.

I don't know. I don't watch football.
--

Martin

On 2008-04-20, d.g.s. <dgs1300@> wrote:
> On 4/19/2008 5:15 PM Ann G. ignored two million years of human evolution
> to write:
>
>> We will be trevalled in mid-May for 2 people.
>
> "Travalled?" Sorry ... I'm guessing that English isn't your native
> language.

"Trevalled", actually. Do pay attention.

To the OP: Renting a car in one country, and dropping it off in another,
is going to be costly. And if you're only going to be using it for a
short trip between cities, it's unlikely to be cost effective.

"Magda" <hello@keepthis.thankyou> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:22:54 -0700, in .europe, "d.g.s."
> <dgs1300@>
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

> ...
> ... So ... what castle was that, again?
>
> I've been to Bruges three times and I'm still waiting for them to build a
> castle! ;)
>
>
> =====
> It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

I asked by email to my friend / co-workers in Amsterdam of this castle name
and hasn't gotten reply yet.

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4.uk> wrote in message
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> Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:


>> Academically Boris was bright. Do people like him cheat in exams or what?
>
> He probably is bright! But then again, so is Mixi! :)
>

I doubt if you have any evidence at all to support your assertion that Mixi
is bright. I think that he is really dim, and have said so many times over
the years.
--

JohnT

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
> Markku Grönroos <kurkku@hassuserveri.fi> wrote:
>
>> And in Paris even bums speak
>> French.
>
> For once, you're right.
>

Hey, when I was a bum in Paris it was better to pretend to speak German than
use my English schoolboy French.

JJ

"Magda" <hello@keepthis.thankyou> wrote in message
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> You don't get anything, do you? Everything has to be explained to you in
> detail?

Translation: You don't know yourself...but then, you do know how to be
discourteous. The last sentence of your post explains it...You get your
jollies making fun of people...sad.

"Tom P" <tombnbnb@freenet.dd> wrote in message
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> My apologies if the comment struck you as rude. I was just wondering why
> the OP was interested in this specific building.

No apologies needed, Tom...you were not the one being rude.

--J

"dgs" <dgs1300@gee-mail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> tile wrote:
>
>> do not forget that in Belgium there are parts where people speak French
>> and where people speak Dutch.
>
> So far, so good, but then:
>
>> So the real names are Bruges and Antwerp.
>
> No. Both of these cities are in the northern *FLEMISH* part of Belgium,
> where people speak Dutch (or variations thereof). Their "real" names
> are Brugge and Antwerpen.
>
>> ( of course. Anverse and Brugge exist.. )
>
> Anvers and Bruges are their names in *FRENCH*. Antwerp and Bruges are
> typically their names as rendered in English; English-speakers simply
> borrow the French name for Brugge.
>
>> In Bruxelles ffor instance. french will be spoken in town. but outside
>> Dutch will be spoken..
>
> Generally true, but there are occasional exceptions.
>
>> sometimes the names are puzzling completely different.. like Mons in
>> french and Bergen in Dutch.
>
> The two names mean the same thing: "Hills." There are many other
> instances in Belgium of the Dutch name not being the same as the French
> name:
>
> Liege (French) is Luik (Dutch)
> Tournai (French) is Doornik (Dutch)
> Gent (Dutch) is Gand (French)
> Ieper (Dutch) is Ypres (French)
> even across the border, Lille (French) is Rijsel (Dutch)
> ... and so it goes.
>
>> Or Aix la chapelle.. Aachen ??
>
> This is in Germany, not in Belgium.
> --
>

sorry for Brugge.
but I found it quite puzzling travelling by car and seeing names first in
Flemish then in french and so on a few kms away from each other.
what I mean that it is common to see indications first in flemish. and then
a few kms after. in French. and then again in Flemish and so on.

for a foreigner.. it will be very difficult to know that Aix la chapelle and
Aachen are the same town..
or Courtrai and Kortrijk
and so on.