Dutchmen!

[alva]

Originally posted by Locutus
Not necessarily, the origins are unknown. There are numerous theories about it, only one of which suggests a Belgian author (not that there was any real difference between Dutch and Belgian in those days).

You don't mind, me going with the one I suggested earlier, do you?

[alva]

Originally posted by germanos

Anyway, I never sing the bloody anthem, and I never will.

I only know the first two lines of ours. Actually, that puts me on average, I assume.

[Adalbertus]

Let me paraphrase from "DTV Atlas der deutschen Sprache":
The word deutsch firs appeared in 786 its latin form in a report of two synodes in England. There the decisions were made public "latine et theodisce". At that time, even English was "german" - there wasn't a high level Germanic language (such as modern German) and dialects varied (and still vary today) nearly continuously between villages.

[Robert]

Dutch link:

http://www.ru.nl/voxmagazine/vox_onl...chief/nummers_(index/jaargang_5/inhoudsopgave_16/zo_zit_dat_-_ben_ik/

[Provost Harrison]

I'd edit that if I were you

[germanos]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Dutch link:

http://www.ru.nl/voxmagazine/vox_onl...chief/nummers_(index/jaargang_5/inhoudsopgave_16/zo_zit_dat_-_ben_ik/

That article is complete and utter crap

[Barnabas]

Thanks for honouring me, dutchmen!

[Provost Harrison]

That's a big passport!?

[Barnabas]

wtf, the picture says republic of peru , passport?

[Alexander I]

At the time of Willem the Silent, there wasn't a big distinction between so-called "Dutch" and "Germans". Since there was no Germany (only the Holy Roman Empire), people identified themselves by their local province, eg. Netherlanders.

Oh, and "Deutsch" cognates into English as both "Dutch" and "Teuton."

[LordShiva]

So the Dutch anthem was written by a Belgian for people to sing "We are German and we honour the Spanish King?"

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by LordShiva
So the Dutch anthem was written by a Belgian for people to sing "We are German and we honour the Spanish King?"

Correction: written by a Fleming.

[Robert]

Originally posted by germanos


You can't be serious.



Anyway, I never sing the bloody anthem, and I never will.

Ignorance is bliss!

[germanos]

Originally posted by LordShiva
So the Dutch anthem was written by a Belgian for people to sing "We are German and we honour the Spanish King?"

Don't tell Geert Wilders

[alva]

Originally posted by LordShiva
So the Dutch anthem was written by a Belgian for people to sing "We are German and we honour the Spanish King?"

Yeah...and they say we have no sense of humour.