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Postby poohcarrot » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:11 pm

matrim wrote:
Sjoerd3000 wrote:Welcome to the site matrim :wink:

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well :wink:

So the Librarian is actually Dutch :P

Really? That's fascinating!

Matrim said he/she liked sarcasm. I think he/she was being sarcastic Sjoerd. :lol:

Reeeaaalllly? That's Faaascinatinnnggg! :roll:
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Postby deldaisy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:14 pm

poohcarrot wrote:
matrim wrote:
Sjoerd3000 wrote:Welcome to the site matrim :wink:

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well :wink:

So the Librarian is actually Dutch :P

Really? That's fascinating!

Matrim said he/she liked sarcasm. I think he/she was being sarcastic Sjoerd. :lol:

Reeeaaalllly? That's Faaascinatinnnggg! :roll:

Sheesh...... and just for Pooh.... Matrim? He or she? :D
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Postby Tonyblack » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:23 pm

Sjoerd3000 wrote:Welcome to the site matrim :wink:

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well :wink:

So the Librarian is actually Dutch :P
I know that 'vader' means 'father' in Dutch.

Darth Vader's revelation in Empire Strikes Back must have come as no surprise at all to Dutch filmgoers. :lol:
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Postby Willem » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:26 pm

Especially since 'Darth' means 'secretly Luke's' in Dutch.
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Postby matrim » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:29 pm

deldaisy wrote:
matrim wrote:
Sjoerd3000 wrote:Welcome to the site matrim :wink:

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well :wink:

So the Librarian is actually Dutch :P

Really? That's fascinating!


*WHAPS EVERYONE IN THIS POST!*
as Matrim said:
since english isn't my first language


The Librarian ISNT Dutch! for crying out LOUD!
Matrim: Your command of the English language is amazing if it isn't your mother tongue. (Hell of alot better than some of this lot who claim to be English I can tell you) Don't believe a word they say! (or repeat it to your friends.... you will just look silly if you go around telling people the Librarian is Dutch! *whaps Sjoerd*
Ook is the sound orangutans make sort of.

And yes you CAN make a whole language out of one sound. :D My little girl didn't have any language until she was 7 or 8, but she was "vocal". The only sound she made was "Eeeee" and we used to have full conversations with her right up until she was able to do a tiny bit of Macaton. (like a sign language but more graphic for tiny ones... pretend you are eating a sandwich = I am hungry)
Strangley this always made reading the Librarian in DW a pushover. My oldest daughter (now 23) is silly. She still talks in Ook! with me while shopping; well not all the time. She goes to say "Oooooo isn't that nice" but then launches into "Oooooooooo.... -K!" and so it begins?

What is your first language by the way?
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Thanks for your kindness and encouragement. I can sense it might be a joke but I'm not sure of it. :)

My first language is Chinese.
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Postby Bouncy Castle » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:36 pm

Wow. Your English is very good indeed.
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Postby poohcarrot » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:38 pm

...and Bouncy, yours is crap! Have you been reading the Mail again?

And where's my 12 mill? :lol:
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Postby deldaisy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:41 pm

Tonyblack wrote:
Sjoerd3000 wrote:Welcome to the site matrim :wink:

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well :wink:

So the Librarian is actually Dutch :P
I know that 'vader' means 'father' in Dutch.

Darth Vader's revelation in Empire Strikes Back must have come as no surprise at all to Dutch filmgoers. :lol:

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Postby Bouncy Castle » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:42 pm

I invested it in a factory that makes chocolate teapots.
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Postby poohcarrot » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:43 pm

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Postby matrim » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:45 pm

Thanks Bouncy Csatle. I'm not bold enough to say I have a good command of English. For example, in reading DW novels, I can get the plot all right but miss many subtleties of the text and some illusions. So I may have some questions for you in the future. :D
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Postby Sjoerd3000 » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:47 pm

deldaisy wrote:
Tonyblack wrote:
Sjoerd3000 wrote:Welcome to the site matrim :wink:

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well :wink:

So the Librarian is actually Dutch :P
I know that 'vader' means 'father' in Dutch.

Darth Vader's revelation in Empire Strikes Back must have come as no surprise at all to Dutch filmgoers. :lol:

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


It´s true! :P
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Postby deldaisy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:55 pm

matrim wrote:Thanks Bouncy Csatle. I'm not bold enough to say I have a good command of English. For example, in reading DW novels, I can get the plot all right but miss many subtleties of the text and some illusions. So I may have some questions for you in the future. :D

Ask her how to "Murder a cuppa tea right now!"
She could make you one with her chocolate teapot!Image

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Postby poohcarrot » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:57 pm

Terry Pratchett has on several occaisions, in several books, used the phrase "As useful as a chocolate teapot". :lol:
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Postby Jan Van Quirm » Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:07 pm

Chocolate teapots are very useful - for eating with your afternoon tea and bikkies :D

What - you're still using teapots to MAKE tea?!!!!! :lol: How retro of you - I've been using a teabag, cup and kettle to make mine for years... 8)
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