Well, I just wrote it in dutch then... :-)
at least the pronunciation was correct...
Thanks Jez!
btw, the spelling rationalisation was turned back again... now it is de
nouveau: cadeau!
(just like bureau)
Iwert.
> Andrew,
>
> I've tried to learn some Dutch while living here in Belgium (Iwert's
> country) and something I've found interesting is that plurals of
> foreign-derived words have an apostrophe added! I don't know if it's
> a formal rule of the langauge but it's pretty universal. Plurals of
> Dutch words are formed by adding "s" or "en" (just like English as in
> "children") but if the word is of foreign derivation by adding 's.
>
> The Dutch also attempted some spelling rationalization some time ago,
> spelling foreign words as they are pronounced. "Cadeau" (French for
> gift) became "kado" and the plural (cadeaux) became kado's.
>
> br
> Jez
>
> ps - Iwert probably meant Zebra's lines - yes, it should have been
> zebras' lines (stripes)
>
> On 1/17/06, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Zebra's what?
>> Sorry, I know English isn't your first language (and my second
>> language is daylight) but the Apostrophe Squad will be around to
>> 'talk' to you quite soon! :)
>> AndrewF
>>
>>
>>
>> On 17/01/2006, at 8:27 PM, iwert wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, I very much like the empirical way of testing, much more than
>>> "scientific" data. Who ever photographs lines?
>>> (Zebra's may be an exception)
>
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