06-30-2011, 06:12 AM
(06-29-2011, 11:41 PM)srijantje Wrote: OUTRAGEOUS, in order to become dutch you have to know the dutch anthem[new rule],i just read,if 10% of the dutch know their anthem i'll eat my hatOne of my sons is to become a Dutch citizen next month, having passed all the tests. He is very keen to brag of his knowledge of Dutch, and also Friesian, but did not mention this anthem business.
I shall quiz him v shortly, and report back.
As for Canada, I wonder if any of the kanata after whom the place was named still survive, and whether anyone thought to render the edelweiss-like anthem into their tongue?