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> >Though even I knew something about the golden ratio , or "det gyldne
snit"
>
> In Dutch it's "de gulden snede".
> A little unnescessary explanation:
>
> "De" means "the" (duh :-))
> "Gulden" is old Dutch and means as much as "golden".
> "Snede" stems from the old Dutch word "snit" (there it is again!) and
means
> "cut" or "to cut".
>
> >as we call it in danish (which translate mean the golden cut/slice) ..
not
> >to be mistaken for "Det hvide snit" or the white cut .. which is the same
as
> >a lobotomy ;)
>
> Danish looks a bit like Dutch as i read it here, i wonder if you can
understand
> Dutch if you want to.
>
> Als je dit kunt lezen, dan heb ik gelijk.

Ja, jeg kunne l�se dit hollanske. De to sprog minder om hinanden. Der er er
flere ligheder .. ogs� med tysk.

Many of the european languages borrow from each other or stem from latin or
greek so there is a natural likeness.
Which is why knowing latin or greek is actually not useless knowledge as you
can use it as an aid in translating languages you do not know.
A lot of countries that are located in the old germania have further
similarities.

Still I must say reading your dutch is not easy .. but I can.

> >I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy !!
> >MUHHAHAAHHAAAAAAAAAA!!!! (Maniac grin)

> Say, is there a typical Danish drink?

Other than Carlsberg ?
Hmmm .. Milk ?

Oh and you can actually drink the water here .. AND like it - Unlike some
countries .. though i'm sure you have clean water in Holland too.

There are typical danish meals though .. things you dont normally see
elsewhere.

> Feel disillusioned?  I've got some great new illusions ...

Uhh do tell ! :)