How do you do and how do you do your wife?

In I always get my sin, a new book by ex-Heineken boss, Maarten Rijkens (via Onze Taal) . Natashka over at Dunglish.nl has more. Is Dunglish funnier than Spanglish because Dutch and English are so close or because Dutch speakers are happier on thin ice?

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