Meme *smirks*

[woodface]

WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? beek
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called? karre
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? brooddoos
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people? zetel
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? goot
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? terras
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? pannekoek
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? (i suck at defining food)broodje?
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? zwembroek
12. Shoes worn for sports? sportschoenen
13. Putting a room in order? opruimen
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? vuurvliegje
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? errr I have no clue pissebed
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down? wip
17. How do you eat your pizza? warm
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? rommelmarkt? we don't have the garage sale tradition.
19. What's the evening meal? avondeten
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? kelder
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places? don't have those either
22. What do you call flashing light on your car that you turn on when you are getting reading to make a turn? pinkers

Comments

[lavidaessueno.livejournal.com]

Cool! I love these things.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

vuurvliegje

Dude. That's so dirty.

[lytarules.livejournal.com]

*is fascinated*

*worships your bilingual-ness*

[amilyn.livejournal.com]

I can't get over how similar Dutch and German sound and how comprehensible it is.

Of course, since it's the linguistic mid-point between German and English, that makes sense...but it fascinates me every time.

[mylo1012.livejournal.com]

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?

pissebed

[audrich.livejournal.com]

Hweeeeeeeee! I love it *reads again*

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? zwembroek

That made me giggle, and I bet it's related to the Scots 'breeks', meaning pants/knickers... some of our language was never Frenchified by the Normans
*loves etmyology*

[livilla.livejournal.com]

*points* Smartass!

*loves*