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Just for the same reasons there are Dutch people posting on American, English, Chinese, Turkish r Bulgarian BB's.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:37 schreef opperkleurder het volgende:
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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:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:40 schreef MPC60 het volgende:
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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:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:44 schreef Braindead2000 het volgende:
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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.
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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:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:54 schreef Renesite het volgende:
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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.
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Ik ben nog steeds totaal geweldig.
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#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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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.
