Comments on: Jaap Stam fact file

By: Caleb

Caleb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:09:02 +0000

I haven’t noticed too many mistakes actually, that was the only one that stuck out in my mind, so don’t worry Jan (and I noticed a few other people make the same mistake, so it’s not just you either . In fact, I’d say your English is really quite good.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:31:36 +0000

Gee…that stirred up some debate . Sorry guys. In Dutch, the word for prize and price is similar: prijs. So I just “translated” prize like “prijs” and that became “price”…

Do I make more of these types of silly mistakes? I’d like to know…

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:06:42 +0000

Hahaha, nice catch ClockworkOrange. I had noticed that confusion between price and prize a few times already, and as an English teacher I always meant to correct it, but you beat me to it. I guess I was reluctant to look like a “mierenneuker”.

By: ClockworkOrange

ClockworkOrange — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:58:23 +0000

No worries Goose!

Apparently I am not that much of a mierenneuker… I can’t even spell the word properly! ;-P

By: goose

goose — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:54:57 +0000

@Clock; ofcourse i dont mean that you are a anal-retentive basterd..just liked the expression but after rereading my comment i could see some possible confusion

By: goose

goose — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:34:45 +0000

@Clock; hahaha (anal-retentive basterd!) …

btw;
its mierenneuker (one word)

grtz

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:18:33 +0000

Thanks … I’m sorry…

By: ClockworkOrange

ClockworkOrange — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:57:33 +0000

Sorry to be a ‘mieren neuker’ (Dutch for ‘ant fucker’ or anal-retentive bastard), but Jan you keep mis-spelling the words ‘prize’ and ‘prizes’ (you wrote ‘prices’). Just thought I’d let you know.

Otherwise, the blog is great! Keep up the terrific work!

Hup Holland Hup!