Not only (as Margaret Marks notes) has the BBC started using trucker instead of lorry-driver or patient with chronic back pain and a dietary disorder: the Americanism has been the preferred usage in Holland for years. Henk Wijngaard’s 1978 hit, Met De Vlam In De Pijp, is probably the best-known Dutch truckliedje. Try singing this…
Transblawg heeft vandaag een heel goed verhaal betreffende de pogingen van een bedrijf om de Platduitse naam voor hun briljante koeienligmat te registreren.
… i fosca està la meva vida, perquè ningú m’ha dibuixat una vaca en bici. Només tinc el vaquer Billy en holandès (WMP) per a consolar-me. Compra Against the Vigilantes: The Recollections of Dutch Charley Duane: Vaca holandesa a Delft de Karel Capek en les seves Letters from Holland (Faber: Londres, 1933)
I’m afraid we’re not doing very well in the cowbike drawing competition. Although there have been encouraging rustlings from Stoke Newington, Hampstead and Albacete, the only entry in so far is from Geoff (35) in Bermondsey – yes, the one displayed here. Geoff, while obviously a talented young artist, unfortunately forgot to include the bike.…
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