Post AhaPExJbT0GAhRCZ8K by hermannus@stegodon.nl
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(DIR) Post #AhaNWxBuT18dcR3cie by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T15:56:22Z
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The Norwegian word "gjerrig" - meaning"greedy or stingy - is related to the English word "gear". One gears into action. Something tightly locks into place. Money, for example.
(DIR) Post #AhaOQ7pWc4vmXftYHY by hermannus@stegodon.nl
2024-05-05T16:06:19Z
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@thor in dutch that's 'gierig', also meaning parsimonious
(DIR) Post #AhaObAyPGc3BTaJojA by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T16:08:20Z
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@hermannus It would be extremely easy for me to learn Dutch if I ever decided to move to the Netherlands.
(DIR) Post #AhaOpUb36Z06OIDhbc by hermannus@stegodon.nl
2024-05-05T16:10:55Z
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@thor I think so, yes.
(DIR) Post #AhaOtqynpKQky9PU7E by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T16:11:43Z
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@hermannus Guy I knew at work who was from the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium? It took me a while to realise he wasn't from here.
(DIR) Post #AhaPExJbT0GAhRCZ8K by hermannus@stegodon.nl
2024-05-05T16:15:31Z
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@thor from Vlaanderen, Flemish. Logica. You should meet someone from Friesland
(DIR) Post #AhaRS5sf8E2kwCzc9Y by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T16:40:18Z
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@hermannus Flandern?https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandern
(DIR) Post #AhaTV145gzo6mNrLxQ by hermannus@stegodon.nl
2024-05-05T17:03:14Z
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@thor indeed, yes
(DIR) Post #AhaTnIoMS11n1zDnsW by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T17:06:33Z
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@hermannus Closest I've been to that is one visit I made to Amsterdam on a business trip. Would like to visit again.
(DIR) Post #AhaTwGiDcmTp7wckUq by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T17:08:11Z
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@hermannus The Netherlands is similar to Scandinavia, but - to be honest - better in many ways.
(DIR) Post #AhaUId9QsTml5i13L6 by hermannus@stegodon.nl
2024-05-05T17:12:12Z
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@thor loads of Dutch love Norway and Sweden
(DIR) Post #AhaUQvZmG4GiYGILlQ by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T17:13:43Z
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@hermannus Sweden is better at being Dutch in a way, because they do business. Norway is afraid of doing business. The Dutch kind of invented the whole thing, together with Italian city states.
(DIR) Post #AhaV02Pmp6oPthMbw0 by thor@berserker.town
2024-05-05T17:20:04Z
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@hermannus Norway always had ample natural resources such as fish or oil. We didn't really need to make an effort. Meanwhile, having nothing but flat land that is constantly threatening to sink, a whole empire was made.
(DIR) Post #AhaXaHJb6O44RVsS6y by hermannus@stegodon.nl
2024-05-05T17:49:00Z
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@thor and you made a great transition to "white coal" : hydro-power