Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:59 pmHaha well that might be because no-one has to read medieval Dutch. I had to and detested it. Dutch is such a lame language 
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:59 pmPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:19 pmOh, come on, you know you enjoyed reading Erasmus' works in the original Dutch translations from 1500.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:23 pmTheIrishRover wrote:Oh, come on, you know you enjoyed reading Erasmus' works in the original Dutch translations from 1500.
naaa
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:47 pmVan den vos reynaerde?? read that in highschool..
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:39 pmTheIrishRover wrote:Also, I've found that many native speakers I know don't even know much about the old case system, and I've even had people mistake it for German. It can be benificial to them also to learn more about their language's history.
I can't see how it's harmful though.
Problem is that you are using a modern form of Dutch, combined with the old case system, which is quite anachronistic. My advise to you is you'd better use modern Dutch and drop the cases and all other attempts to sound ancient.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:41 pmfluke wrote:Van den vos reynaerde?? read that in highschool..
Me too. Still love it.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:52 pmMaldoror wrote:TheIrishRover wrote:Also, I've found that many native speakers I know don't even know much about the old case system, and I've even had people mistake it for German. It can be benificial to them also to learn more about their language's history.
I can't see how it's harmful though.
Problem is that you are using a modern form of Dutch, combined with the old case system, which is quite anachronistic. My advise to you is you'd better use modern Dutch and drop the cases and all other attempts to sound ancient.
Even using the full case system, the Dutch would sound anachronistic?
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:11 pmTheIrishRover wrote:Hraah hedaan oh ja ja ja g is een h en h is heen letter! Oh ja ja ja.
West Vlaamse freaks
Talking about West-Vlaamse freaks, check out this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wXUCnY1E0o
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:50 pmHAHAHA, lol! 
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:58 pmHahaha kust mn kloten