[SOC] Globble Worming (and Amsterdam)

Fri, 5 Mar 2004 15:12:03 -0600

Hi - Enjoyed your exposition, Chris. Most of my ancestors are either English
or Dutch (the odd Welsh, Irish, and German notwithstanding). Now that you
mention it, I can't think of any obvious denigrations for the Dutch. Nothing
like the love-hate relationship with the French or relations with the
Germans or Spanish through the ages. 73 Jan N0AAA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Globble Worming (and Amsterdam)

> 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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