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[The Heartical Don]

SMiLE sessions are coming out on July 4th, 2010?

Edit: Hey, I can read Dutch!  

Another Edit: When(and how) did I learn how to read Dutch? 

I think Dutch and English are similar enough that you can get the gist of what they're saying because of all the cognates.

Well, Dutch and English are related, they're both so-called West Germanic languages.

True dat. See: compare the following two statements:

'Sakkerloot, ik heb goesting in een pikketanussie!'

'Damn, I need a stiff drink!'

Sounds similar, don't it?

[Rocker]

Dutchie is correct. And Shleter: I'd advise you "NOT to listen to the Don at this point..." 

But before this topic has turned into a typical Sandbox topic; can we get back to the original question please?

Is there any projects in the works from the beach boys ?
Been a while since Capitol/BRI did put out some great cd's.
Maybe some live cd/dvd ?
Can mr Boyd tell something about this ?

I really hope for something else than the obvous Best-of. A 50th anniversary should call for something like a boxset. But what will it contain? Smile? I really don't think we'll get a Smilebox (or even a Smile-release) in the near future. Maybe the "Surf's up"audio DVD ? That album has something like a cult-factor and probably would doo good among the indie-charts I think....
And I still hope for a double CD-set with the complete Chicago '65 concert and a whole concert from the early 70s. You know, something by the classic group, who were a great liveband imo, (not to forget the important [sales-]factor that Brian Wilson is part of it) and then something that shows them at their live peak. That really would be the greatest thing for me. I don't necessarily need many unreleased songs....

[shelter]

'Sakkerloot, ik heb goesting in een pikketanussie!'

Since when does a mixture of Flemish and Amsterdam dialects qualify as Dutch? 

[Dancing Bear]

SMiLE sessions are coming out on July 4th, 2010?

Edit: Hey, I can read Dutch!  

Another Edit: When(and how) did I learn how to read Dutch? 

I think Dutch and English are similar enough that you can get the gist of what they're saying because of all the cognates.

Well, Dutch and English are related, they're both so-called West Germanic languages.

True dat. See: compare the following two statements:

'Sakkerloot, ik heb goesting in een pikketanussie!'

'Damn, I need a stiff drink!'

Sounds similar, don't it?

Oh the irony. English is so much the world language that a native speaker doesn't really need to learn any other, unless for business or for a hobby. But at the same time the native English Speaker doesn't understand any other language in the world. Except, as I was told, for Dutch. And I guess that's quite a stretch, like me saying that I speak Portuguese and can basically (or barely) sense the meaning of a text in Rumanian.

[shelter]

Oh the irony. English is so much the world language that a native speaker doesn't really need to learn any other, unless for business or for a hobby. But at the same time the native English Speaker doesn't understand any other language in the world. Except, as I was told, for Dutch. And I guess that's quite a stretch, like me saying that I speak Portuguese and can basically (or barely) sense the meaning of a text in Rumanian.

In speech the two languages are more similar than they probably seem in writing. This is for instance your post in Dutch with every individual world translated back to English. Notice that the order of the words is very different but that a lot of the individual words sound pretty similar.

Oh [Oh] de [the] ironie [irony]. Engels [English] is [is] dusdanig [so much] de [the] wereldtaal [world language] dat [that] een [a] geboren [born] spreker [speaker] eigenlijk [actually] geen [no] andere [other] taal [language] hoeft [have] te [to] leren [learn], tenzij [unless] voor [for] zaken [business] of [or] als [as] hobby [hobby]. Maar [but] daardoor [literally: there through] begrijpt [understands (literally: grijpt = grabs] de [the] geboren [born] Engelssprekende [English speaking] geen [no] enkele [single] andere [other] taal [language] ter [on the] wereld [world]. Behalve [except], zo [so] was [was] mij [me] verteld [told], Nederlands [Dutch]. Maar [but] ik [ I] geloof [believe] dat [that] dat [that] behoorlijk [quite] overdreven [overstated] is [is], alsof [as if] ik [ I] zeg [say] dat [that] ik [ I] Portugees [Portuguese] spreek [speak] en [and] dat [that] ik [ I] zo [so] ongeveer [more or less] de [the] betekenis [meaning] van [of] een [a] tekst [text] in [in] het [the] Roemeens [Rumanian] kan [can] begrijpen [understand].

[mtaber]

I'd like to go to Holland... wooden shoe?

[Jay]

SMiLE sessions are coming out on July 4th, 2010?

Edit: Hey, I can read Dutch!  

Another Edit: When(and how) did I learn how to read Dutch? 

I think Dutch and English are similar enough that you can get the gist of what they're saying because of all the cognates.

Well, Dutch and English are related, they're both so-called West Germanic languages.

True dat. See: compare the following two statements:

'Sakkerloot, ik heb goesting in een pikketanussie!'

'Damn, I need a stiff drink!'

Sounds similar, don't it?

Damn translates to Sakkerloot in Dutch? That's my new favorite swear word. 

[shelter]

Damn translates to Sakkerloot in Dutch? That's my new favorite swear word. 

Sakkerloot is a very old-fashioned word, nowadays most people say verdomme.

[Dancing Bear]

Shelter, very interesting. Thanks.

[TopCat]

What is the Dutch cheese that is made backwards?

Sorry, but found this in a Christmas cracker.

[shelter]

What is the Dutch cheese that is made backwards?

Sorry, but found this in a Christmas cracker.

Edam.

[The Heartical Don]

SMiLE sessions are coming out on July 4th, 2010?

Edit: Hey, I can read Dutch!  

Another Edit: When(and how) did I learn how to read Dutch? 

I think Dutch and English are similar enough that you can get the gist of what they're saying because of all the cognates.

Well, Dutch and English are related, they're both so-called West Germanic languages.

True dat. See: compare the following two statements:

'Sakkerloot, ik heb goesting in een pikketanussie!'

'Damn, I need a stiff drink!'

Sounds similar, don't it?

Damn translates to Sakkerloot in Dutch? That's my new favorite swear word. 

  I am in a library now but laughed out very, very loud. I spoke 'Sakkerloot' in my head, with a heavy US accent, and heard: 'Suck A Loot!'

Your remark is brilliant in itself!

[grillo]

. I spoke 'Sakkerloot' in my head, with a heavy US accent, and heard: 'Suck A Loot!'

Your remark is brilliant in itself!

Hey man, American's don't have an accent!!! Get real.

[rogerlancelot]

Gelieve te masseren mijn billen. Ik heb teveel de hotdogmilkshaken van het tweekleppig schelpdiersap voor ontbijt gehad en ik moet gas van mijn anussen verdrijven.

 

[Alan Boyd]

We proberen nog steeds ons uiterste best om een aantal nieuwe projecten die worden uitgevoerd archief er te komen, en we zijn blijven behouden en de grote massa van tapes catalogus die rust vredig in de gewelven. Dit zijn uitdagende tijden voor de muziekindustrie, zoals u allen weet, maar we hebben goede hoop dat sommige van de nieuwe technologische ontwikkelingen, met name op het gebied van online aankoop en levering opties, nieuwe kansen zal eerder te maken ongehoord nummers en uitvoeringen beschikbaar de consument. Dank u voor uw voortdurende steun.

[smile-holland]

Thanks for the update, mr. Boyd.

Gelieve te masseren mijn billen. Ik heb teveel de hotdogmilkshaken van het tweekleppig schelpdiersap voor ontbijt gehad en ik moet gas van mijn anussen verdrijven.

 

 

The rules for foul language also count for foreign languages. 

I think it's time for a petition to get the use of Google translator forbidden...

[rogerlancelot]

Oops, sorry. I used Yahoo Babelfish and I swear I was only using medical terminology. This has been a fun thread though. Won't happen again.
 

[The Heartical Don]

We proberen nog steeds ons uiterste best om een aantal nieuwe projecten die worden uitgevoerd archief er te komen, en we zijn blijven behouden en de grote massa van tapes catalogus die rust vredig in de gewelven. Dit zijn uitdagende tijden voor de muziekindustrie, zoals u allen weet, maar we hebben goede hoop dat sommige van de nieuwe technologische ontwikkelingen, met name op het gebied van online aankoop en levering opties, nieuwe kansen zal eerder te maken ongehoord nummers en uitvoeringen beschikbaar de consument. Dank u voor uw voortdurende steun.

Hi Alan - you did a great job in Dutch here! There are a few hiccups (eventually) but on the whole your message comes across 100%.

Esp. the 'grote massa van tapes' is intriguing. Fine band name too...

[smile-holland]

Oops, sorry. I used Yahoo Babelfish and I swear I was only using medical terminology. This has been a fun thread though. Won't happen again.
 

Just kidding, don't worry.

Medical terminology? Aha, strange that somehow the "automatically generated" translation makes it sound a lot dirtier in Dutch than it was meant to be.

[shelter]

Gelieve te masseren mijn billen. Ik heb teveel de hotdogmilkshaken van het tweekleppig schelpdiersap voor ontbijt gehad en ik moet gas van mijn anussen verdrijven.

 

You have multiple anusses? 

[The Heartical Don]

Gelieve te masseren mijn billen. Ik heb teveel de hotdogmilkshaken van het tweekleppig schelpdiersap voor ontbijt gehad en ik moet gas van mijn anussen verdrijven.

 

You have multiple anusses? 

He's anally challenged.

[shelter]

He's anally challenged.

Quite the contrary!

Or kont-rary... 

[The Heartical Don]

He's anally challenged.

Quite the contrary!

Or kont-rary... 

 

[Fall Breaks]

It's fascinating that Dutch is so easy to understand for a non-Dutch-speaking person. Me, being Swedish, can make out the meaning of most of the Dutch posts hear. Can you, dear Dutch speakers, do the same with Swedish, I wonder?

[The Heartical Don]

It's fascinating that Dutch is so easy to understand for a non-Dutch-speaking person. Me, being Swedish, can make out the meaning of most of the Dutch posts hear. Can you, dear Dutch speakers, do the same with Swedish, I wonder?

I would not think so... I never get past the 'Swedish Chef'.

But give a Swedish text, please. For instance: describe a BBs album without mentioning any title. We will try to work out which you mean, and on what grounds.