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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC, Nov 20, 2015.

  1. Roary's Smelly Head

    Roary's Smelly Head Well-Known Member

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    Afrikaans
     
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  4. Chesh1recat

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    ... vocabulary is 90-95% Dutch. I think in this context it's a Dutch word. Stoop in Afrikaans apparently means something slightly different.
     
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    In the mid '60s I took a train from Trondheim in Norway up North to work at a mine near a small town called Malm.
    About a fifth of the way there, the train stopped at a small town called Hell ! On one of the platforms was a building with a sign on it that sail
    "HELL - GODS EXPEDITION". I wondered if Malm was gonna be like Heaven. :emoticon-0100-smile:emoticon-0105-wink:

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    Haha! They live amongst us. FFS lol

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    According to the Dutch, Afrikaans is Dutch for 3 year old children.
     
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    Wow! This is crazy (if true!)
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    How would they find out if she had breast cancer years later if they didn't know about it on her death - genuine question
     
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  15. SW3 Chelsea Tiger

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    if she died off a stroke, why would they test her for breast cancer?
     
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    Exactly - that's my point - and how would you find out years later unless there was a test you could do on any stored organs - which I doubt there would be - personally, not convinced
     
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    How would they test after she was dead and buried years later it his point i guess.

    There could have been tissue samples i suppose.

    Edit: He beat me to it above lol
     
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    fair point
     
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    No idea how they discovered the donor had breast cancer, but it’s definitely true, it led to changes in the screening of donors organs.
     
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