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    Santa's Avatar dvhyt5er
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    I)f in Amsterdam and a teenage stoned wannabe beetnik street guitarist wants to bum a few euros from you
    in dutch you reply (coz dutch are greedy - kijke kijke niet kopen (voyuerists)

    " ik heb helemaal niks"

    in english phonetics you sou say fast

    "eek hep ham-an-eggs"

    end lesson one.

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    that's not correct
    Last edited by {I}{K}{E}; 10-11-2005 at 08:13 AM.

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    Majority of Dutch speak English anyway
    Last edited by Samurai; 10-11-2005 at 08:29 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samurai
    Majority of Dutch speak English anyway
    If you find one who doesn't, yelling "feck off!" extremely loudly will do the trick too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 100%
    I)f in Amsterdam and a teenage stoned wannabe beetnik street guitarist wants to bum a few euros from you
    in dutch you reply (coz dutch are greedy - kijke kijke niet kopen (voyuerists)

    " ik heb helemaal niks"

    in english phonetics you sou say fast

    "eek hep ham-an-eggs"

    end lesson one.
    "I have entirely nothing"



    In fact, if you just say, "I keep ham and eggs", they will probably just think you are the village idiot and wander off anyway...

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    Quote Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
    that's not correct
    probeer maar "helemaal niks" snel te zeggen
    dan zie je wel dat 't op "ham n eggs" klinkt

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    Quote Originally Posted by 100%
    Quote Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
    that's not correct
    probeer maar "helemaal niks" snel te zeggen
    dan zie je wel dat 't op "ham n eggs" klinkt
    Last edited by {I}{K}{E}; 10-11-2005 at 02:06 PM.

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    I still say yelling at them is the best solution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guillaume
    If you find one who doesn't, yelling "feck off!" extremely loudly will do the trick too.
    with dutch accent it is
    fukk ohff

    or fukk ju

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