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I've had a similar experience where Dutch surnames were translated from English to Dutch by Excel for some reason. Since many Dutchman have a surname prefixed w
by once_inc 2y ago
I've had a similar experience where Dutch surnames were translated from English to Dutch by Excel for some reason. Since many Dutchman have a surname prefixed with the Dutch word "van" (which means "of") Excel dutifully translated it to "Busje", which meant that many of our clients suddenly were called "Lieke Busje Lexmond" or "Vincent Busje Gogh".
It got a chuckle from our marketing department which caught the error before badges were printed for the very high-profile event we had planned for the next day.
- bondarchuk 2y agoMust've been high profile indeed if both Vincent van Gogh and Lieke van Lexmond were there
- netsharc 2y agoA colleague of mine got a Christmas card from Microsoft adressed to "New Year's Eve"... Hi Silvester!
- kimos 2y agoMy favourite part of the Dutch language is how it adds the -je diminutive to other words to make new words. A van? That’s just like a cute baby bus.
- bigiain 2y agoThis made me wonder what a poffert is, if a poffertje is a cute baby version of them. So I Googled it. Sure enough, it's a cake.
- qsi 2y agoThat would be a poffer, as the interstitial t is added to words ending in r when forming the diminutive. And no, I didn't know what a poffer was either. :)
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoThat would be a "puffer" or light, fluffy cake.
- Doxin 2y agoLooking it up a poffer is a kind of hat, and a poffert is a kind of cake. "Poffert" is definitely an odd word though.
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