Ben Jonson Would Be Proud
| Ahh, the Dutch, good for a laugh in 1599, still good for a laugh in 2007. It's also worth noting that the Dutch are the tallest people in the world. |
by Simplicius @ 3:06 PM
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At 8/20/2007 11:06:00 AM,
Fretful Porpentine wrote…
I had no idea how much I needed a video like that in my life, but I do. Thanks for sharing!
At 8/22/2007 12:52:00 PM,
James wrote…
Ah, those hilarious, butter-loving clowns.
At 8/22/2007 03:06:00 PM,
Simplicius wrote…
And they do really love to "sit and fart in the duck," but then again, who doesn't?
At 8/23/2007 11:57:00 PM,
Pamphilia wrote…
My favorite essay on the crazy Dutch is David Sedaris' "Six to Eight Black Men," which can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjUFl1mEpX8
At 8/25/2007 12:49:00 AM,
Pamphilia wrote…
I'm told it's actually a Belgian children's show, not a Dutch one, though the languages are similar. Oh, les Belges!
At 8/28/2007 02:32:00 AM,
Canis Trilinguis wrote…
Well, yes, in case you did not know, Belgium has three official languages: Dutch (spoken in the Flemish part of the country, roughly north of Brussels), French (spoken in the Wallonian part of the country, roughly south of Brussels) and German (spoken in a small part close to the German border). The "Belgian" Dutch and "Netherlandish" Dutch is an identical language, although dialects and accents differ a bit, and some words might be typical for Flanders or the Netherlands.
What we see in this movie are Flemish actors, speaking their mother tongue - Dutch - in a Flemish series for children, called "Kabouter Plop".
At 8/31/2007 12:33:00 PM,
Anonymous wrote…
This reminds me (tangentially) of one of my favorite footnotes, in the old Gifford-Cunningham edition of Jonson.
Stephen, in Every Man In has just scorned something "by gads-lid," and Gifford remarks:
"I take the earliest opportunity of remarking, that the quarto is shockingly profane. What other vices the poet brought from Flanders, I do not wish to inquire; but it is to be feared, that our armies there, as Uncle Toby says of those in his time, 'swore terribly,' and that Jonson was too apt a scholar...."
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