Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
In Dutch it would be something like :
"PAS OP HEET, niet op je edele delen morsen !"...
Translates literally :
"CAREFULL HOT, don't spill on your noble parts !"..
29th Nov 2018 11:09 pm
maxbasscat
Member Since: 03 Jan 2016
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 1263
The Dutch have a way with words!D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
FFRR TDV8
Defender 300
30th Nov 2018 10:24 am
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
Spent many great holidays in the Netherlands in the 70s/80s so started to learn Dutch. Gave up since most Dutch people we met wanted to use English in conversation. First time over there we headed for Amsterdam towing a caravan with S2a petrol. Not the fastest of vehicles and doing about 16mpg. We were heading for Uitdam N of Amsterdam but finished in Amsterdam centre. We kept avoiding routes indicated by ‘Doorkaand Verkeer’ because SWMBO who was navigating said that’s not where we want to be. As everyone knows it means through routes. Still we saw some interesting parts of Amsterdam we would never otherwise ventured into. Great holiday. Four weeks of the summer of 1976 beside the the Ijselmeer.
https://goo.gl/images/du7KK82014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
30th Nov 2018 4:01 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13103
Quote:
Gave up since most Dutch people we met wanted to use English in conversation.
In France last year, arrived at our hotel I said to SWMBO as we approached the desk "I think I'll try out my rusty French". Quick as a flash the receptionist said "please don't, sir" in French-accented English! I had to laugh.
We found most people in hotels, shops and restaurants spoke decent English and were happy to do so. Many actually wanted to so that they could practice.
Many years ago, went on a trip to Germany with a friend in his S2. My German was limited to asking for a room and a beer and little else. It got us somewhere to kip so not totally useless. We were camping and a couple of German lads were having a kick about. As happens, we joined in. It wasn't until a Dutch couple arrived that we spoke other than nods and laughs. The Dutch translated English - German - English for us and we all got along famously. That trip was the last time I went skinny dipping. With one of the German lads girlfriends... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
30th Nov 2018 4:48 pm
Batfink
Member Since: 31 May 2017
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Posts: 1510
We were camping and a couple of German lads were having a kick about. As happens, we joined in.
Was it 1914?
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
30th Nov 2018 5:58 pm
Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
Posts: 7830
On the Dutch camp site I used a few years ago, the Dutch owner had one German resident. He didn't speak Dutch and the Dutch owner didn't speak any German.
They communicated perfectly well in English. Mods:
Front Fogs + Halos
FBH Remote Control
The 1st Ever RRS Modded Grill
Garmin Nuvi + D4 Surround + Reversing Camera.
D4 Steering Wheel.
Rear Boot Spoiler.
Twin Brake Lights.
Wing Mirror Indicator Repeaters.
Long Roof Rails
Make your own Narpy grill thread
I'm not scared, I'm outta here.
2nd Dec 2018 8:55 pm
Paul J.
Member Since: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Leafy Cheshire
Posts: 7255
No.Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
2nd Dec 2018 10:40 pm
LeighW D3 Decade
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, AUS
Posts: 916
The old girl is on her third engine...
* first ran a bearing (design failure in original engine)
* second had a failure of the water outlet on top of the engine (pls check yours)
3rd Dec 2018 1:32 am
Batfink
Member Since: 31 May 2017
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Posts: 1510
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
5th Dec 2018 6:20 pm
sasdiscos
Member Since: 22 Feb 2013
Location: Northants
Posts: 886
You remind me of a younger me, not much younger mind...perhaps even a little older!
5th Dec 2018 6:52 pm
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8052
7th Dec 2018 6:02 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
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The Dutch have a way with words!
