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Title: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: York Street Pilgrim on July 01, 2019, 07:42:01 AM: https://www.indehekken.net/86-jaar-voetbalhistorie-verdwijnt-uit-boston/
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: yam man on July 01, 2019, 09:38:41 AM: Boston United leaves 86 years of football history. Apparently "after about 86 years the club will move on".
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: Ferret on July 01, 2019, 12:01:51 PM: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=https://www.indehekken.net/86-jaar-voetbalhistorie-verdwijnt-uit-boston/&prev=search
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: Oops on July 01, 2019, 02:22:58 PM: Hate to blow my own trumpet but I am fluent in talking Double Dutch, Gobbledygook and a load of Bo**ocks, well thatâ€™s what my wifeâ€™s says anyway.
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: Ernie100 on July 01, 2019, 07:13:10 PM: Quote from: Oops on July 01, 2019, 02:22:58 PM
Hate to blow my own trumpet but I am fluent in talking Double Dutch, Gobbledygook and a load of Bo**ocks, well thatâ€™s what my wifeâ€™s says anyway.

Bugger, I thought I was the only one!!
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: John C on July 02, 2019, 10:35:07 AM: There was a lad called Greg who used to go the match who did actually speak Dutch. I seem to recall he was asked by the Sun to translate Ruud van Nistelrooy's personal website when the latter signed for Man U.

But I think he stopped coming when Evans returned
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: Martyn Bishop on July 02, 2019, 12:21:07 PM: It must be Greg who runs the Folk Club.
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: Old boy thin on July 02, 2019, 04:20:39 PM: The Dutch language is as confusing as the Welsh language.
from a welshmans point of view lol.
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: Pilgrim86 on July 02, 2019, 11:08:15 PM: Dutch is just sticking English and German words in a blender and seeing what comes out. Looks at their numbers...

https://blogs.transparent.com/dutch/dutch-numbers-1-100/
Title: Re: Anyone speak Dutch?
Post by: Oops on July 03, 2019, 07:53:14 AM: I remember with a laugh the episode of Green Green Grass when the Driscoll brothers visit Boyce and Marlene. The Welsh neighbour says something and then the little Driscoll brother says â€œWhatâ€™s that noise heâ€™s makingâ€ ? So funny.