[quote="Chatchka"]Maud,
LOL, I'll grant you that mine was a sweeping statement -- That is why I included the slight dodge "in some respects." I believe I was thinking of you and Dietmar, and your collective, potential outrage, when I was writing it.
No offense meant. Only that, to an American, the spelling does look similar.
So, was I right? zonnenbrill = sunglasses?
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Yes the languages are alike, I know, but no dutchman wants to hear that
There has always been some sort of competition/fight between the dutch and the germans (especially when it's about soccer: the Germans always win
).
We even learn German in school....
And yes: zonnebril=sunglasses