ENG General Discussion in English
Forum for discussion of general topics in English. Welcome!
Welcome to the English part of FOK!forum. In this forum you can discuss just about anything, as long as you do it in the English language. Feel free to invite your English speaking friends to join and get to know the great people in this Dutch community.
Share news from your country, talk about where you live etcetera.
Welcome and remember to be nice!
Share news from your country, talk about where you live etcetera.
Welcome and remember to be nice!
Zie wat ik kijk: trakt.tv
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OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
Is it me you're looking for?quote:
"The only sight worse than a sad dwarf is a very sad dwarf"
"Met dubbel s welteverstaan"
"Met dubbel s welteverstaan"
Even Fok! has globalized. 
Free Assange! Hack the Planet
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
Nice, this could get interesting
Never argue with idiots. First they will lower you to their level then beat you with experience.
Nice 
Please consider the environment before printing this post.
Op zaterdag 27 mei 2017 00:36 schreef d4v1d het volgende:
Kabuf is af en toe best een prima kerel.
Op zaterdag 27 mei 2017 00:36 schreef d4v1d het volgende:
Kabuf is af en toe best een prima kerel.
Great stuff. This could really be helpful for international students who need to sort out stuff, for example, but do not yet speak or read Dutch.
Ja doei.
Maybe you could become mod of this part of FOK!, since you're living in the UK and allquote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 11:39 schreef motorbloempje het volgende:
Great stuff. This could really be helpful for international students who need to sort out stuff, for example, but do not yet speak or read Dutch.
"The only sight worse than a sad dwarf is a very sad dwarf"
"Met dubbel s welteverstaan"
"Met dubbel s welteverstaan"
Not my idea. Credit goes to basically everyone who's asked for this in the past 16 yearsquote:
Zie wat ik kijk: trakt.tv
This subforum will be the nose of the salmon.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 11:39 schreef Weissman het volgende:
To fall with the door in the house I can say this is an fortreffic idea from the Fok-boss Danny.
Never argue with idiots. First they will lower you to their level then beat you with experience.
I think most people hear did not eat cheese with talking proper English.quote:
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This subforum will be the nose of the salmon.
Now my girlfriend will make an account
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Happy new year Dannyquote:
She actually tried to create an account a few months ago. Somebody of the crew should activate the account manually but that never happened.
SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt."For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
I can bake nothing from it ash well yesh.quote:
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I think most people hear did not eat cheese with talking proper English.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
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Happy new year Danny
She actually tried to create an account a few months ago. Somebody of the crew should activate the account manually but that never happened.She should try again. If you get a message saying we will look at the registration, please mail as soon as possible. Pending accounts are deleted from the queue automatically after about 24 hours.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.Zie wat ik kijk: trakt.tv
So...how do you do and how do you do you're wife?quote:
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I think most people hear did not eat cheese with talking proper English.
Never argue with idiots. First they will lower you to their level then beat you with experience.
I think it well but you might strike in the hairs the people who dont understand Dutch.quote:
Ik mag hier ook gewoon in het Nederlands posten neem ik aan.
Zal mij echt een zorg zijn. Of gaan we dan ook al het Engels wegmodden op de rest van FOK?quote:
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I think it well but you might strike in the hairs the people who dont understand Dutch.
What do you say? I can't understand what you are saying.quote:
Ik mag hier ook gewoon in het Nederlands posten neem ik aan.
Gaan we nu allemaal interessant in het Engels posten?quote:
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What do you say? I can't understand what you are saying.
What the fok are you talking about?quote:
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Gaan we nu allemaal interessant in het Engels posten?
Its an English sub forum, so guess what.quote:
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Gaan we nu allemaal interessant in het Engels posten?
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
I'd guess he's trying to get a bananaquestionquote:
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Its an English sub forum, so guess what.
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I find your lack of faith disturbing.quote:
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Gaan we nu allemaal interessant in het Engels posten?
Ik vind het niveau van dit subforum verontrustender.quote:
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I find your lack of faith disturbing.
He might have to experience the power of the dark force or somethingquote:
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I find your lack of faith disturbing.
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Maybe you shouldn't care as much. Or do you think this suits you better?quote:
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Ik vind het niveau van dit subforum verontrustender.
The lack of our English language will be exposed now.quote:
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Its an English sub forum, so guess what.
Dus doe lekker een "Engelstalig" topic in ONZ. Dan ben je wel klaar.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:27 schreef Triggershot het volgende:
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The lack of our English language will be exposed now.
But otoh it also makes for good practice, see it as an opportunity to improve on your skillzquote:
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The lack of our English language will be exposed now.
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Well, you could try to fit in, or just stay away homie.quote:
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Dus doe lekker een "Engelstalig" topic in ONZ. Dan ben je wel klaar.
Good idea guys. Just hoping it'll be taken seriously. I'm pretty sure it will though, when the novelty wears off and the value of this sub-forum will prove itself
You sound like you just got kicked in your soccernutsquote:
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Dus doe lekker een "Engelstalig" topic in ONZ. Dan ben je wel klaar.
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I think it could be usefull for some people to train there(?) English skills.quote:
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The lack of our English language will be exposed now.
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
Exactly.quote:
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I think it could be usefull for some people to train there(?) English skills.
Screw you microwavecoffee, how does that sound for a good practice?quote:
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But otoh it also makes for good practice, see it as an opportunity to improve on your skillz
First, welcome. Second, I'm kinda worried this will demolish our own little private Dutch community on the Internet. FOK was this little bastion where Dutch speaking people could find each other. Really hope that isn't lost.
Sorry to be a party pooper.
Sorry to be a party pooper.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Actually, rather I hope it will attract some foreign / international users to FOK! and allow it to grow on another level instead. Imagine Kanye West joining our discussions, or Noam Chomsky correcting our linguistics, would be FOK!king awesome.quote:
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I think it could be usefull for some people to train there(?) English skills.
My name is already spelled correctly so no need to go translate it literally, it's actually "Magnetronkoffie" pronounced in Englishquote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:30 schreef Triggershot het volgende:
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Screw you microwavecoffee, how does that sound for a good practice?
.So more like "Meknetwankaffie" (don't worry if you need some time to absorb this new information)
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It might be lost. But if it is, that has little to do with the existence of this English subforum.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:32 schreef MPC60 het volgende:
First, welcome. Second, I'm kinda worried this will demolish our own little private Dutch community on the Internet. FOK was this little bastion where Dutch speaking people could find each other. Really hope that isn't lost.
I think it would be great if the English area of FOK would grow as large as the Dutch area is now.
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This time an account was created without problems. Thanks!quote:
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She should try again. If you get a message saying we will look at the registration, please mail as soon as possible. Pending accounts are deleted from the queue automatically after about 24 hours.
Isn't that a form of childabuse, calling your kid that?quote:
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My name is already spelled correctly so no need to go translate it literally, it's actually "Magnetronkoffie" pronounced in English
So more like "Meknetwankaffie" (don't worry if you need some time to absorb this new information)
I really don't see what's so interesting about this, there was one English person asking for this yesterday. Bam, bye unique Dutch meeting place.quote:
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Actually, rather I hope it will attract some foreign / international users to FOK! and allow it to grow on another level instead. Imagine Kanye West joining our discussions, or Noam Chomsky correcting our linguistics, would be FOK!king awesome.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
I don't have any kids.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:35 schreef Triggershot het volgende:
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Isn't that a form of childabuse, calling your kid that?
I know several Americans whom I would invite here if there was a little more content in English.quote:
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Actually, rather I hope it will attract some foreign / international users to FOK! and allow it to grow on another level instead.
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You do know you can remove this subforum from your AT, right?quote:
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I really don't see what's so interesting about this, there was one English person asking for this yesterday. Bam, bye unique Dutch meeting place.
I think this is fine, or at least as an experiment. Lets just wait and see how things progress here
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Can we please pre-ban the Kardasians then??quote:
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Actually, rather I hope it will attract some foreign / international users to FOK! and allow it to grow on another level instead. Imagine Kanye West joining our discussions, or Noam Chomsky correcting our linguistics, would be FOK!king awesome.
This sub forum can be usefull for international students who live in this small country.
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
So soon most of the forum will be in English....quote:
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I know several Americans whom I would invite here if there was a little more content in English.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
There are 53 fora in Dutch. 1 is in English. I don't understand what your problem is.quote:
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I really don't see what's so interesting about this, there was one English person asking for this yesterday. Bam, bye unique Dutch meeting place.
Tell them to come here and create somequote:
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I know several Americans whom I would invite here if there was a little more content in English.
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I'm entitled to my opinion? Sorry you don't like it.quote:
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You do know you can remove this subforum from your AT, right?
I think this is fine, or at least as an experiment. Lets just wait and see how things progress here
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
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Can we please pre-ban the Kardasians then??
This sub forum can be usefull for international students who live in this small country.
That wouldn't bother me, to be honest.quote:
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So soon most of the forum will be in English....
English is a great language and far more beautiful than Dutch.
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Waarom zouden ze graag op FOK posten? Er zijn duizenden plaatsen op het internet waar je ook terecht kunt. Voor Nederland is FOK vrij uniek, maar als Amerikaan zie ik geen enkele reden hier te komen posten. Daarom zal dit subforum vooral een plaats worden waar Nederlanders zich naar elkaar belachelijk maken met beroerd Engels.quote:
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I know several Americans whom I would invite here if there was a little more content in English.
Do it!quote:
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I know several Americans whom I would invite here if there was a little more content in English.
It would however boost the views in the pictopics.quote:
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Can we please pre-ban the Kardasians then??
This sub forum can be usefull for international students who live in this small country.
For now it's just badly translated jokes. But if the UKIP / Trump topic catches on, I might.quote:
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Tell them to come here and create some
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Everything on the Internet, ok not everything, is in English. FOK, for me, is a nice little bastion where Dutch speakers can find each other. In my honest opinion I don't see the need for this. There are lots of sites with information in English about the Netherlands.quote:
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There are 53 fora in Dutch. 1 is in English. I don't understand what your problem is.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Be warned, theres lots of frustrated people here.quote:
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There are 53 fora in Dutch. 1 is in English. I don't understand what your problem is.
Best thing is to simply try and avoid them, they have nothing better to do than to see who are the easiest to upset.
Some even see it as some kind of contest, even though I find that thought alone to be somewhat sad really.
No need to feel sorry about itquote:
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I'm entitled to my opinion? Sorry you don't like it.
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Just for the same reasons there are Dutch people posting on American, English, Chinese, Turkish r Bulgarian BB's.quote:
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Waarom zouden ze graag op FOK posten? Er zijn duizenden plaatsen op het internet waar je ook terecht kunt. Voor Nederland is FOK vrij uniek, maar als Amerikaan zie ik geen enkele reden hier te komen posten. Daarom zal dit subforum vooral een plaats worden waar Nederlanders zich naar elkaar belachelijk maken met beroerd Engels.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Who wasn't?quote:
Or maybe you could just get to the point? Would make things easier, I'll go get a cup of coffee and see if you're done with your explanation by then
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Again I'm sorry I don't have the same opinion you have but instead of name calling you could try to discuss this?quote:
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Be warned, theres lots of frustrated people here.
Best thing is to simply try and avoid them, they have nothing better to do than to see who are the easiest to make upset.
Some even see it as some kind of contest, even though I find that thought alone to be somewhat sad really.
And then I'm the frustrated one lol.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
We have a subforum called 'feedback' on FOK! where you are allowed to be a vinegar peeguy, please try it there instead.quote:
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Waarom zouden ze graag op FOK posten? Er zijn duizenden plaatsen op het internet waar je ook terecht kunt. Voor Nederland is FOK vrij uniek, maar als Amerikaan zie ik geen enkele reden hier te komen posten. Daarom zal dit subforum vooral een plaats worden waar Nederlanders zich naar elkaar belachelijk maken met beroerd Engels.
Somebody has to be the first one to open the discussion as a foreigner who comes from one of those countries.quote:
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For now it's just badly translated jokes. But if the UKIP / Trump topic catches on, I might.
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
Hey, it's not that bad, this subforum didn't even exist yet yesterdayquote:
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For now it's just badly translated jokes. But if the UKIP / Trump topic catches on, I might.
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You are expecting too much from me, I never had a point.quote:
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Who wasn't?
Or maybe you could just get to the point? Would make things easier, I'll go get a cup of coffee and see if you're done with your explanation by then
I wasn't referring to you in that post, just so you know.quote:
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Again I'm sorry I don't have the same opinion you have but instead of name calling you could try to discuss this?
And then I'm the frustrated one lol.
Yeah, i don't expect this forum to be full of interesting debates within a day.quote:
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Hey, it's not that bad, this subforum didn't even exist yet yesterday
That time may well come. And if it does, I will definitely be inviting lots of people.
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Tuurlijk, als je niet mee gaat in de positieve vibe ben je gefrustreerd of een azijnpisserquote:
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Again I'm sorry I don't have the same opinion you have but instead of name calling you could try to discuss this?
And then I'm the frustrated one lol.
Nu weten we het wel. Klaar met deze hele "discussie".quote:
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Tuurlijk, als je niet mee gaat in de positieve vibe ben je gefrustreerd of een azijnpisser
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
If you did it in English it would be just as participating as any other opinion my friend.quote:
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Tuurlijk, als je niet mee gaat in de positieve vibe ben je gefrustreerd of een azijnpisser
I am already here. Dont be too negative.quote:
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Yeah, i don't expect this forum to be full of interesting debates within a day.
That time may well come. And if it does, I will definitely be inviting lots of people.
Too bad I kinda lost touch with most of the English speaking people I hung out with before I stopped gaming online in international clans, so I don't actually know that many people I could invite right now.quote:
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Yeah, i don't expect this forum to be full of interesting debates within a day.
That time may well come. And if it does, I will definitely be inviting lots of people.
Oh yeah, that's absolutely true. I just don't want anyone to arrive in a completely deserted subforum... it may scare them off.quote:
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Somebody has to be the first one to open the discussion as a foreigner who comes from one of those countries.
I'll probably link this forum in a few places anyway.
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I meant people who don't understand a word of Dutch of course.quote:
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I am already here. Dont be too negative.
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People who speak Dutch in ENG should have a permban in ENGquote:
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Nu weten we het wel. Klaar met deze hele "discussie".
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
I'm still quite active at the internet chess club - since 1998. And there's this political facebook group with mostly Americans I am in.quote:
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Too bad I kinda lost touch with most of the English speaking people I hung out with before I stopped gaming online in international clans, so I don't actually know that many people I could invite right now.
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They could see it as green pastures, still young, fresh and unexplored for them to conquerquote:
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Oh yeah, that's absolutely true. I just don't want anyone to arrive in a completely deserted subforum... it may scare them off.
I'll probably link this forum in a few places anyway.
.And tell them about our official mascotte
.This one:
Should be fun
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So you're a vet really?quote:
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I'm still quite active at the internet chess club - since 1998. And there's this political facebook group with mostly Americans I am in.
Should we rename it to Virgin FOK!?quote:
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They could see it as green pastures, still young, fresh and unexplored for them to conquer
And tell them about our official mascotte
This one:
Should be fun
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
So.... fok.com, or is this one taken?
Now everyone is Louis van Gaal!
And the registration..., in English?
Now everyone is Louis van Gaal!
And the registration..., in English?
Echte elektriciëns gebruiken geen jokari.
I think we should keep that one optionalquote:
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Should we rename it to Virgin FOK!?
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In a sense, yeah. I hardly play chess anymore... I just chat there.quote:
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If this is to catch on on a larger scale, the site will have to be made multilingual. It seems to me that is going to take a lot of translation and developer time. It's not just the registration form.quote:
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Lol, it's stil a Dutch forum dven.quote:
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People who speak Dutch in ENG should have a permban in ENG
even though it lost its unique character now, best of luck. I'll just remove eng from my active topic list. Have fun.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Nice forum ID.
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
What does 'Bericht wijzigen' mean?
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
One could say that in the end, it comes down to having common interests.quote:
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In a sense, yeah. I hardly play chess anymore... I just chat there.
Easier would be to have the option to select a GUI-language from some menu. The GUI would have to be translated though.quote:
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If this is to catch on on a larger scale, the site will have to be made multilingual. It seems to me that is going to take a lot of translation and developer time. It's not just the registration form.
For now, I'd say google translate is the fastest and easiest DIY-way to have at least partial translation until the proper translated GUI is done
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that is to start a new thread like this one we are now posting inquote:
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And 'nieuw topic' . I'm clueless.
Having part of FOK in English definitely broadens the target audience.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:57 schreef magnetronkoffie het volgende:
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One could say that in the end, it comes down to having common interests.
What are the major international internet communities like FOK? I never bothered to look into that.
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There was a post about this somewhere in Feedback, but I dunno from top of my head.quote:
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Having part of FOK in English definitely broadens the target audience.
What are the major international internet communities like FOK? I never bothered to look into that.
Useful*quote:
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I think it could be usefull for some people to train there(?) English skills.
their*
Ik ben nog steeds totaal geweldig.
Netsplitter
#jesuisMasi
Wasn't sure about there, thought is it sounded wrong and it did.quote:
Always thought that useful was with double l instead of one. Thx for pointing it out.
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
I think there's lots of these common mistakes amongst Dutch people.quote:
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Wasn't sure about there, thought is it sounded wrong and it did.
Always thought that useful was with double l instead of one. Thx for pointing it out.
"post" is fine, I think.quote:
I don't actually know if "post" is a correct term, or should I just change it to "reply"?
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Just as funny as format c:quote:
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And 'nieuw topic' . I'm clueless.
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"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Thanks, Dven.quote:
Can you please elaborate on what hetiseenval means? I sounds kinda fishy.
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Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
So, what's next? A FOK! subreddit?
"Our rights are not granted by governments. They are inherent to our nature. But it's entirely the opposite for governments: their privileges are precisely equal to only that which we suffer them to enjoy." - Edward Snowden
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wachtwoord vergeten meansin case your forgot your password you use that to reset it
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it isquote:
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Thanks, Dven.
Can you please elaborate on what hetiseenval means? I sounds kinda fishy.
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Thanks, Dven.
Can you please elaborate on what hetiseenval means? I sounds kinda fishy.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.quote:
One last desperate move to try to get more visitors to FOK!.
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
It's hard to tell at this stage. It might. It might not.quote:
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Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.
It's hard to predict trends like that.
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Doesn't google have some kind of webpage-translation service which will work here?quote:
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Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.
Might be worth giving that a shot?
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it's a way so he gets all password's
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Someone should remove this post btw (just a friendly hint).quote:
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Dutch - english translations are horrible. I probably wouldn't want to read it.quote:
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Doesn't google have some kind of webpage-translation service which will work here?
Might be worth giving that a shot?
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It does. But not everything's translated.quote:
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Doesn't google have some kind of webpage-translation service which will work here?
Might be worth giving that a shot?
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
I know, but I can't think of a quicker "hotfix" till an English GUI is available.quote:
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Dutch - english translations are horrible. I probably wouldn't want to read it.
Useful, the one word I always get wrong as well.quote:
These days my OU tutor simply writes "wrong again Dutch guy" next to it. Luckily I study Biology and not English. 
On quite a different note...can the emoticons become English as well?
Putting the Fun back into Fundamentally Wrong since 1975.
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
Yeah yeah, by now we know that you prefer English over Dutch. But for the people who don't understand Dutch at all, the translator plugin will be very useful.quote:
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Dutch - english translations are horrible. I probably wouldn't want to read it.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
The chance to change a unique forum in to the next 1 in a million English fora? It al feels like, some one thought hmm yeah sounds like a good idea but better not think it tru, let's do it.quote:
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Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Weren't there people who actually created new smileys for fok! in teh past?quote:
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Useful, the one word I always get wrong as well.
On quite a different note...can the emoticons become English as well? [ afbeelding ]
Dunno if any of them are still around though.
I don't think there's someone stupid enough to do so. If someone is, he/she shouldn't be allowed on the internet anywayquote:
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Someone should remove this post btw (just a friendly hint).
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Why are you being so negative?quote:
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The chance to change a unique forum in to the next 1 in a million English fora? It al feels like, some one thought hmm yeah sounds like a good idea but better not think it tru, let's do it.
You're not helping here
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Dude. Just one forum out of 55. Why care that muchquote:
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The chance to change a unique forum in to the next 1 in a million English fora? It al feels like, some one thought hmm yeah sounds like a good idea but better not think it tru, let's do it.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
I sense a lack of empathy here....quote:
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I don't think there's someone stupid enough to do so. If someone is, he/she shouldn't be allowed on the internet anyway
That has little to do with my language preferences, I'm afraid. English to Dutch translations are equally horrible.quote:
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Yeah yeah, by now we know that you prefer English over Dutch. But for the people who don't understand Dutch at all, the translator plugin will be very useful.
Having pages auto-translated to English probably doesn't help them much in understanding the text. At best it would be really annoying to read.
Then again, English users really don't need much translation to be able to effectively use this English subforum, I think. I'm sure they'll recognize 'Nieuw topic' as 'New topic'.
For CHI this wasn't much of a problem either.
But if we're gonna do translations, I say: do it correctly.
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Dr_Crouton made the best smilies, and he's stll around.quote:
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Weren't there people who actually created new smileys for fok! in teh past?
Dunno if any of them are still around though.
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
Oke.quote:
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That has little to do with my language preferences, I'm afraid. English to Dutch translations are equally horrible.
Having pages auto-translated to English probably doesn't help them much in understanding the text. At best it would be really annoying to read.
Then again, English users really don't need much translation to be able to effectively use this English subforum, I think. I'm sure they'll recognize 'Nieuw topic' as 'New topic'.
For CHI this wasn't much of a problem either.
But if we're gonna do translates, I say: do it correctly.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
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That has little to do with my language preferences, I'm afraid. English to Dutch translations are equally horrible.
Having pages auto-translated to English probably doesn't help them much in understanding the text. At best it would be really annoying to read.
Then again, English users really don't need much translation to be able to effectively use this English subforum, I think. I'm sure they'll recognize 'Nieuw topic' as 'New topic'.
For CHI this wasn't much of a problem either.
But if we're gonna do translates, I say: do it correctly.
It does. Think about it...Dutch is just such a horrible language!quote:
So now everybody is talking English although everyone here speaks Dutch? Makes sense. Cool. Hello.
I am not familiar with who does what or has done in the past for Fok! I am simply an user.quote:
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Weren't there people who actually created new smileys for fok! in teh past?
Dunno if any of them are still around though.
Putting the Fun back into Fundamentally Wrong since 1975.
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
Thank you, microwavecoffee.quote:
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Good first attempt, you passed!.
Spatieboos
Well, im just worried. There doesn't seem to be any thought behind this. I'm not gonna copy my post from fb, but for some reason the crew isn't responding in fb.quote:
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Why are you being so negative?
You're not helping here
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
We're brothers of the n00bz!quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 13:20 schreef Semisane het volgende:
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I am not familiar with who does what or has done in the past for Fok! I am simply an user.
Well, it beats 98% speaking any of the other languagesquote:
Can't wait for the period in time in which 98% of all Dutch people speak English.
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No your English is pretty bad, maybe it's good for you age, but your age is probably very low.quote:
well i am from dutch and i think i speak good english
First, you should always use the capital I
for the word I. And you are not from Dutch, you are from the Netherlands and you are Dutch.
Spatieboos
Oh god, does google translate user names as well?quote:
Sounds like a recipe for much confusion.
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Ok bro. Thug life.quote:
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It does. Think about it...Dutch is just such a horrible language!
You don't have to stay here if you don't like itquote:
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Well, im just worried. There doesn't seem to be any thought behind this. I'm not gonna copy my post from fb, but for some reason the crew isn't responding in fb.
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Maybe you (or someone else here) could write some app to translate all instances of "spatieloos" to whatever one wants!quote:
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Oh god, does google translate user names as well?
Sounds like a recipe for much confusion.
well i typ verry quick english (and this is how we learned english ) and your understand me so i must be doing something goodquote:
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No your English is pretty bad, maybe it's good for you age, but your age is probably very low.
First, you should always use the capital I
Well, at least you show you have at least more empathy than Dvenquote:
I even feel the terrible Dutch accent in written words
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Well I do understand it, but the amount of mistakes is annoying.quote:
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well i typ verry quick english (and this is how we learned english ) and your understand me so i must be doing something good
Could you at least try to start sentences with a capital letter and end it with a period?
Spatieboos
I'm just worried this will spread to the rest of the forum and boom bye Dutch community. And then you will probably say eueeuh Dutch communityquote:
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You don't have to stay here if you don't like it
Well for me it's pretty special.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
It's not like you can stop it anyway, so stop worrying and start doing stuff you actually like to doquote:
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I'm just worried this will spread to the rest of the forum and boom bye Dutch community. And then you will say eueeuh Dutch community
Well for me it's pretty special.
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It's only good for you as you can hit the "Invoeren"-button faster, but for the rest of us it's not a pretty sightquote:
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well i typ verry quick english (and this is how we learned english ) and your understand me so i must be doing something good
.You can't master anything if you try to rush everything
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But this what get my hairs up. Apparently there is no room for discussion. No one has answered my, valid, questions here or in feedback.quote:
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It's not like you can stop it anyway, so stop wirrying and start doing stuff you actually like to do
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
So what the heck do you think I was trying to do when I was replying to your posts today??quote:
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But this what get my hairs up. Apparently there is no room for discussion. No one has answered my, valid, questions here or in feedback.
I just like how Danny handled this. Some random English speaking guy just opens a topic in FB:quote:
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But this what get my hairs up. Apparently there is no room for discussion. No one has answered my, valid, questions here or in feedback.
Is it possible to create an English Subforum?
And Danny just says, I'm will get right on it
Spatieboos
It's not always good to act on impulse like that. But this one may well turn out to be a success.quote:
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I just like how Danny handled this. Some random English speaking guy just opens a topic in FB:
Is it possible to create an English Subforum?
And Danny just says, I'm will get right on it
We'll see.
This forum is now 2 hours old, and already quite some topics. I'm curious to see if this will actually attract people who don't speak dutch at all.
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Ik vind het niveau van dit subforum verontrustender.
You are absolutely right, is this better ?quote:
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It's only good for you as you can hit the "Invoeren"-button faster, but for the rest of us it's not a pretty sight
You can't master anything if you try to rush everything
It will probably attract a few people, but not a shitload, so that's great.quote:
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It's not always good to act on impulse like that. But this one may well turn out to be a success.
We'll see.
This forum is now 2 hours old, and already quite some topics. I'm curious to see if this will actually attract people who don't speak dutch at all.
Spatieboos
Yes.quote:
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You are absolutely right, is this better ?
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Oh, that surprises me.quote:
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And I'm not verry young, I am already 18
Spatieboos
It actually has alreadyquote:
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It's not always good to act on impulse like that. But this one may well turn out to be a success.
We'll see.
This forum is now 2 hours old, and already quite some topics. I'm curious to see if this will actually attract people who don't speak dutch at all.
.Maybe he/she should get some custom title...like "International Pioneer"
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You are absolutely right, is this better ?
"sure"quote:
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I'm not shure.. can you shout again? I'll try to hear it outside
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It actually has already
Maybe he/she should get some custom title...like "International Pioneer"
Who are your referring to exactly? We should welcome people like that! Give them, I dunno, a yellow star or something.
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Nvm, probably cuz I forgot to take my ritalinquote:
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Who are your referring to exactly? We should welcome people like that! Give them, I dunno, a yellow star or something.
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Nah, lets just recycle this topic for that purpose insteadquote:
We should make a SC, and call it Langzame Praat LP.
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I'm a little curious about the moderation. In most English forums, words like 'fuck' and 'cunt' are heavily moderated for.
I don't think Dutch people take as much offense, so foreigners entering here may have to get used to that.
I don't think Dutch people take as much offense, so foreigners entering here may have to get used to that.
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I agree.quote:
I'm a little curious about the moderation. In most English forums, words like 'fuck' and 'cunt' are heavily moderated for.
I don't think Dutch people take as much offense, so foreigners entering here may have to get used to that.
And if things get out of hand anyway, theres moderators for those, gives them something to look forward to
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What about an English 40+ area?
More and more Fuck!'ers will come to that age in a few year and maybe it's hip to combine these two logical themes?
And if you don't want to combine these two themes, maybe a 40+ area is a good idea on itself...
More and more Fuck!'ers will come to that age in a few year and maybe it's hip to combine these two logical themes?
And if you don't want to combine these two themes, maybe a 40+ area is a good idea on itself...
'Fuck!'ers', I like that.quote:
What about an English 40+ area?
More and more Fuck!'ers will come to that age in a few year and maybe it's hip to combine these two logical themes?
And if you don't want to combine these two themes, maybe a 40+ area is a good idea on itself...
Although 'fuck.com' is probably taken.
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But why would we need a second url/domain-name anyway?quote:
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'Fuck!'ers', I like that.
Although 'fuck.com' is probably taken.
Lets wait and see how things work out for the time beingquote:
What about an English 40+ area?
More and more Fuck!'ers will come to that age in a few year and maybe it's hip to combine these two logical themes?
And if you don't want to combine these two themes, maybe a 40+ area is a good idea on itself...
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What about fuck.eu?quote:
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'Fuck!'ers', I like that.
Although 'fuck.com' is probably taken.
To have a more international appeal.quote:
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But why would we need a second url/domain-name anyway?
I'm sure you would also be hesitant to take part in an internet community that has a .se domain.
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I think part of the appeal is that this is actually a Dutch forum. If we were to make it more like the rest, we'd be just exactly like the rest and theres no advantage in thatquote:
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To have a more international appeal.
I'm sure you would also be hesitant to take part in an internet community that has a .se domain.
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ENG / Stonecoal English.quote:
Hou nijs! an Forun espacialie in inglisj.
IJ alwees wanted on to make inelligent dialogs possibul!
Hmmm, that's actually a good point. The Netherlands has a good name internationally, we should exploit that.quote:
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I think part of the appeal is that this is actually a Dutch forum. If we were to make it more like the rest, we'd be just exactly like the rest and theres no advantage in that
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And this would actually suit us hehequote:
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Hmmm, that's actually a good point. The Netherlands has a good name internationally, we should exploit that.
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But if this really starts picking up, I'll consider just trashing all other subfora in myat except for ENG and maybe R&P .
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I rarely go outside W&T and F&L anyway. But I'd love to see ENG become a success. Especially if it attracts foreigners.quote:
But if this really starts picking up, I'll consider just trashing all other subfora in myat except for ENG and maybe R&P
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That would be awesome!quote:
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I rarely go outside W&T and F&L anyway. But I'd love to see ENG become a success. Especially if it attracts foreigners.
And I do spend some time outside of R&P, but mostly because R&P has so little going for it atm.quote:
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I rarely go outside W&T and F&L anyway. But I'd love to see ENG become a success. Especially if it attracts foreigners.
Theres only a couple interesting topics over there, but that's about it.
And I do check here and there if something interesting is mentioned. I did delete NWS and a couple other subfora though.
Wanting toe atrekt forrunners wijl in de dutsj part of Fok! joe al kompleen abbout asielsurstjers...quote:
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I rarely go outside W&T and F&L anyway. But I'd love to see ENG become a success. Especially if it attracts foreigners.
Opening a new section in the English language, and unbanning so many turds at the same time seems to be a bad decision
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
See it as an opportunity to permaban the ones that nearly got away the last time!quote:
Opening a new section in the English language, and unbanning so many turds at the same time seems to be a bad decision
ENG is just one big honeypot
It's a trap, lure you're enemy in before trashing him completely.quote:
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See it as an opportunity to permaban the ones that nearly got away the last time!
ENG is just one big honeypot
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
"your"quote:
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It's a trap, lure you're enemy in before trashing him completely.
I want to open a 'where are you from' topic but I think I'll wait until the big shitstorm has passed
My deepest apologies sir.quote:
Now i'll roll up like a fetus and will cry in the corner till dawn.
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
Wait until the mods are appointedquote:
I want to open a 'where are you from' topic but I think I'll wait until the big shitstorm has passed
A good cartoon to learn the difference.quote:
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That's one of the mistakes I make too often as well.
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
Just tell me where you live and I'll bring you a nice mug of cooled-down microwavecoffeequote:
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My deepest apologies sir.
Now i'll roll up like a fetus and will cry in the corner till dawn.
Everyone makes mistakes but the biggest mistake is to never learn from themquote:
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That's one of the mistakes I make too often as well.
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9 out of 10 times I see it a second after I posted it.quote:
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Everyone makes mistakes but the biggest mistake is to never learn from them
That doesn't seem to prevent it from happening though.
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Zürich Switzerland, Do you have an estimation as for the time of arrival?quote:
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Just tell me where you live and I'll bring you a nice mug of cooled-down microwavecoffee
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
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Everyone makes mistakes but the biggest mistake is to never learn from them
This happens all the timequote:
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9 out of 10 times I see it a second after I posted it.
That doesn't seem to prevent it from happening though.
.I even correct my own mistakes days after I made them
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This will separate the men from the boysquote:
Let's all act like we're intellectual English speaking people.
I will go check if I have enough Astrologium-9001 left for my teleporter and will let you know before asap, the next shipment is due to arrive within a week but they always run late at the start of each new yearquote:
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Zürich Switzerland, Do you have an estimation as for the time of arrival?
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And for those for whom English doesn't come naturally, let's pretend it's about intellect.quote:
Let's all act like we're intellectual English speaking people.
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Mastering the English language should count as a +10 bonus for your IQ.quote:
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And for those for whom English doesn't come naturally, let's pretend it's about intellect.
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
Lets all pretend we aren't all here to steal their creditcardnumbers, steal their ID and take over their homes and wifes (the kids can stay if they know how to do the dishesquote:
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And for those for whom English doesn't come naturally, let's pretend it's about intellect.
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That won't be of much help to me thoughquote:
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Mastering the English language should count as a +10 bonus for your IQ.
In that case the Dutch people should be well above average. Most Dutch people have no problem speaking English I think. (Except for top intellectuals like van Gaal.)quote:
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Mastering the English language should count as a +10 bonus for your IQ.
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Well it's an extra 15% for you, so now you can officially walk in a straight linequote:
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That won't be of much help to me though
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
No, its not that hard to master, i would suggest a +10% increasequote:
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Mastering the English language should count as a +10 bonus for your IQ.
We're the second best non native English speakers in the world, only the Danes do beat us. And we should not base our opinion on what we see as the average level on Fok!quote:
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In that case the Dutch people should be well above average. Most Dutch people have no problem speaking English I think. (Except for top intellectuals like van Gaal.)
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
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No, its not that hard to master, i would suggest a +10% increase
Ja doei.
Damn...I was hoping for a bit more of an improvement here!quote:
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Well it's an extra 15% for you, so now you can officially walk in a straight line
Hi there!quote:
So I'll just join the fray and say 'hello'
Hello
V.
I think your avatar is cute...
You wanna go out with me sometime?
SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.
Is anyone else here thinking that a subforum here with a language barrier might actually be a great idea?
Its the English translation of the very popular greeting on Fok!: "Hallon"quote:
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Hell on all? Why so negative?
Negative would be to say "Nuke the mall!"quote:
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Hell on all? Why so negative?
Personally I never really liked that word anyway.quote:
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Its the English translation of the very popular greeting on Fok!: "Hallon"
Apart from 'full' itself, I don't think there are words that end with it that have double L.quote:
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Wasn't sure about there, thought is it sounded wrong and it did.
Always thought that useful was with double l instead of one. Thx for pointing it out.
(And if there are, I'm sure someone will correct me within the next ten minutes or so.
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Is anyone else here thinking that a subforum here with a language barrier might actually be a great idea?
Hullquote:
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Apart from 'full' itself, I don't think there are words that end with it that have double L.
edit: Wow, learned something new today!
I know I know, already edited my original postquote:
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How does Hull end with full?
Do you think i am from yesterday?quote:
Is anyone else here thinking that a subforum here with a language barrier might actually be a great idea?
graag op anoniem
Overfull, Brimfull, Topfull.quote:
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Apart from 'full' itself, I don't think there are words that end with it that have double L.
No need to say thanks
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
I don't even know you, so I really can't tellquote:
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Do you think i am from yesterday?
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Ah, Thanksquote:
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Overfull, Brimfull, Topfull.
No need to say thanks
Marianne spellingerror would be better.quote:
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
you speek real good englisquote:
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Not my idea. Credit goes to basically everyone who's asked for this in the past 16 years
Nope, everything's fine here.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 17:43 schreef magnetronkoffie het volgende:
Btw, is anyone else here having problems with fok responding really slowly?
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Njet.quote:
Btw, is anyone else here having problems with fok responding really slowly?
Thanks for this, Danny! You really are a hero. I've always wanted to talk in English here.
I've always wanted to talk in English here.
(she/her)
I don't see the point in this sub thread, however everyone is welcome to enjoy this forum in the way they like to do.
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl
is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
No problems on my end.quote:
Btw, is anyone else here having problems with fok responding really slowly?
Danny, you need to make this sticky i think.
Ik ben een man met een onverklaarbare fascinatie voor capuchons. Ze zijn mijn tweede huid—altijd om me heen, altijd vertrouwd. Ik draag ze niet alleen, ik lééf erin. Het voelt magisch als iemand er zachtjes aan trekt, een speels moment vol onverwachte connectie. En als mijn capuchon ergens blijft haken? Pure vreugde! Een klein avontuur in het alledaagse, alsof de wereld me even vasthoudt. Capuchons en ik? Een onafscheidelijk duo
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I'd say they'll just pull people from top of their karma-list, ask them if they wanna volunteer for the job(s) and keep working their way down till they got enough volunteersquote:
Most Dutch speakers of English think their English vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation are the bee's knees.quote:
Ik kan maar niet behelpen dat ik alles lees met een kolenengels accent zoals jullie schrijven.
All they hear from Brits/Yanks is admiration, that 'it's so remarkable how good your English is'... Well, that 'compliment' isn't worth that much for two reasons.. 1. Politeness, especially from the Brits. Just politeness. 2. The average Brit, let alone American, doesn't speak anything other than English and finds someone able to make themselves understood in another language 'remarkable'
Ja doei.
True that. Those Yankees and British are right. However, to my own experience, the Dutch often brag to themselves that they can speak english fluently; but I do not often hear this in practice.quote:
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Most Dutch speakers of English think their English vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation are the bee's knees.
All they hear from Brits/Yanks is admiration, that 'it's so remarkable how good your English is'... Well, that 'compliment' isn't worth that much for two reasons.. 1. Politeness, especially from the Brits. Just politeness. 2. The average Brit, let alone American, doesn't speak anything other than English and finds someone able to make themselves understood in another language 'remarkable'
When I attended international exchange courses, I was amazed how bad everyone was at speaking the english language to the foreign students. I did not expect this to happen at hbo level (no, not the channel).
I'm actually more amazed at German people speaking Dutch and they typically do a better job at that. But lets be honest, usually the people who's mother tongue is a bigger language and who learned one of the smaller ones, often are more motivated to do so (they chose to learn it) while the other way around you kinda have to.quote:
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True that. Those Yankees and British are right. However, to my own experience, the Dutch often brag to themselves that they can speak english fluently; but I do not often hear this in practice.
When I attended international exchange courses, I was amazed how bad everyone was at speaking the english language to the foreign students. I did not expect this to happen at hbo level (no, not the channel).
I have to post in this topic before it's closing.
Vertel het me en ik zal het vergeten. Laat het me zien en ik zal het onthouden. Laat het me ervaren en ik zal het me eigen maken.
De toekomst hangt af van wat je nu aan het doen bent.
De toekomst hangt af van wat je nu aan het doen bent.
In fact this was a kind of back find post.
Vertel het me en ik zal het vergeten. Laat het me zien en ik zal het onthouden. Laat het me ervaren en ik zal het me eigen maken.
De toekomst hangt af van wat je nu aan het doen bent.
De toekomst hangt af van wat je nu aan het doen bent.
I seriously doubt there's a single native speaker using this forum. So I suppose this is just a subforum where we're all gonna circle jerk and show off our English.
Can we have another one for Chinese?
So I suppose this is just a subforum where we're all gonna circle jerk and show off our English. Can we have another one for Chinese?
Baat 't niet, schaadt 't niet. Dus slikken, kreng.
Chinese is not my cup of tea.quote:Op zondag 3 januari 2016 09:21 schreef SuperHarregarre het volgende:
I seriously doubt there's a single native speaker using this forum.
Can we have another one for Chinese?
Could you explain me what a circle jerk means please?quote:
I seriously doubt there's a single native speaker using this forum.
Can we have another one for Chinese?
There's a truckload of people with university degrees who can't do simple math, or have mastered their own language in a proper way. We can't expect those people to be able to understand Sponge bob without subs.quote:
I did not expect this to happen at hbo level
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