Tag Archives: Dutch

Wikipedia thoughts

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Bart Westgeest

I looked up the word Lucifer on Wikipedia and read a Danish page that explained me that it is the name of a roman god and that it later was used in, for example, the Bibel to describe the planet … Continue reading →

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How to be prudent in Dutch.

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Bart Westgeest

Hope Gate, Québec ca. 1871, by Louis-Prudent Vallée There are many languages, many words. All spoken languages are prefect because they have been used for centuries. But sometimes there is a word in a language that seems to be unknown … Continue reading →

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Prøvesten

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Bart Westgeest

Map of the main attack by the Swedish army on Copenhagen on the 11th of February 1659. Source: Wikipedia When listening to the danish language program Sproghjørnet I heard a discussion about the word “Prøvesten”. It was said that besides … Continue reading →

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Potgieters

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Bart Westgeest

I noticed a pattern in a whirl of thoughts and finds the last days. I had just finished a story from an old book that I took from the shelves a couple of days ago. The book from 1886 is … Continue reading →

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