Irish English

Some Dutch

Language notes

  The language files

• "Thanks a million" - an Irish expression, upgraded in translation...

• "Simplified French" - a Dutch belief that English is the easiest language...

• Dutch is notoriously difficult. But why?...

• How to say "drunk" in Ireland...

• Two Dutch words for "the"...

• The Nieuwe Spelling of the Dutch language, 1991...

• "No. Eres pobre" - the two forms of the Spanish verb 'to be' ...

• There are only a few Irish words extant in Irish English...

• Eet smakelijk - the Dutch version of the pervasive European "enjoy your meal."...

• At the nonstop, late night small-town Romania...

• "Alstublieft" - a hyper-polite word in the Dutch language...

• English, lingua franca...

• Cursing in Ireland...

• Cursing in the Netherlands...

• The rogue Irish comma...

• [To be] after; the Irish-English past tense...