vrijdag 13 juni 2008

Dutch words: Oranjekoorts, paniekvoetbal

It's soccertime in Europe. Last saturday the European Championship started. The Dutch did a very good job, they won monday from Italy. Tonight is the big game against France. The dutch has gone grazy, you can buy everywhere "orange" things. People wearing orange clothes, have orange hair, colouring their house orange, eat orange food. In one of the supermarkt you can get "welpies" with your groceries. Welpies are little lions. The lion is the national symbol of the Netherlands, orange (oranje in dutch) comes from House of Orange (Royal Dutch family).

If you want some fun with dutch words:


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