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

  1. Roary's Smelly Head

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    Afrikaans
     
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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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