[SOC] Globble Worming (and Amsterdam)

Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:26:59 -0000

Dear Jan/group

Well, actually, "intermarrying with Englishmen" is not really mixing races.
There is a lot of Dutch blood in the English.  If you look at a crowd of
Engliish and a crowd of Dutch...we are identical, whereas an Englishman
stands out like a sore thumb among a crowd of, say, French, Danes or
Germans.

The English language in its most ancient form originated in the Fresian
Islands, off the coast of Holland.

The English are generally cynical about mainland europeans, but we have
always had a soft spot for the Dutch.  I have personally never met a bad
one.

There are no offensive Dutch jokes in English, and they are made as welcome
here as we feel there.

If someone was to offer me a huge amount of money, on condition that I never
set foot in Britain again, I would serve my exile happily in a nice little
town called Haarlem, half-way between Amsterdam and the seaside at
Zandvoort.

The English mix well with the Dutch.  Although we speak English, we are
Europeans - not imitation yanks, but of course we feel more at home with
some Europeans than others.  It just happens that the Dutch are the closest
to us in their manner, attitudes, politics and morals.

Now...will someone offer me a lot of money :-)....

Chris G4PDJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Clute" <[email protected]>
To: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Globble Worming (and Amsterdam)

> I knew that, just use it at your peril in Holland. God only knows how
> it used to be spelt. My ancestors came over in 1645 and began
> intermarrying with Englishmen. There went the gene pool! ;-) 73 Jan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Globble Worming (and Amsterdam)
>
>
> > Thanks Jan.
> >
> > Yes, it's a hell of a place, I will be going back there, even if it's
just
> > for cigars at one-fifth of the UK price :-)
> >
> > BTW "Clute" isn't a word, at least in Britain...it's meaningless...so
> relax.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jan Clute" <>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SOC] Globble Worming (and Amsterdam)
> >
> >
> > > Chris - Indeed it is! In honor of my Dutch ancestors I spent a month
> there
> > > one week when I was in the service in Germany in the early 60's. 73
Jan
> > > (Clute) (they won't tell me what that means in English, but given the
> > > synonyms, I gather it is an anatomical reference) SOC#*(
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:28 PM
> > > Subject: [SOC] Globble Worming
> > >
> > >
> > > > Oo!
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for sowing the seeds of discontent.
> > > >
> > > > I've been away in Amsterdam, so didn't realise that all hell had
> broken
> > > > loose :-)
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm, Amsterdam...now THAT's one great place.
> > > >
> > > > Chris G4PDJ
> > > >
> > > >
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