Rotterdam 2006

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Ja, maar momenteel ernstig ziek.

Komt volgend jaar April, Ik zal het Nederlands vloeiend spreken!!!

Maddy.

Paul

Ticking over at 30 -40 miles seems like an insane ammount of running to me.

Maddy.

Although I am very soon going to be back up to my heaviest running training. Despite having to bring swimming and cycling back into it.

Unknown

He da's niet slecht Urban! Ik ben benieuwd naar je uitspraak!

Unknown

Arme Rudi, wordt hij nog beter denk je?

Maddy.

OK Hanneke how about an online beginners Dutch course before we go - just the basics

And no tricks!!

Unknown

Tell what you want to know in Dutch and I will provide it. And I promise you, no tricks! But you wont need it, as we all speak English anyway.

Maddy.

I noticed that when I was over there. I just think the English expectation that everyone should speak English is abit arrogant. I like to make some effort.

IronMelissa

I will be fitting marathon training into IM training: ticking over at about 25-30 miles a week at the moment but will be up to 40 with some quality sessions each week for Rotterdam.

Unknown

Thats very nice Maddy. I am not a great teacher of Dutch though... but we will give it a go.

Maddy.

IM which one are you going to do

I keep toying with the idea but my club captain reckons you have to a two year training plan.

I can already swim three miles indoors and run a marathon so teh cycling and putting them all together is the biggy

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Het is groot om het Nederlands te spreken, de Nederlanders houden van het en het breekt het ijs.

Genoeg Nederlands voor vandaag.

Maddy.

Ohh stop showing off URR

Broadsword Calling Danny Boy

Sounds like he's swallowed a coin or something!

:-D

paul a

Something along the lines of "It is good to speak Dutch, the Cloggies love it and it helps to break the ice. Enough Dutch for today".

paul a

Ecoutez et Repetez, quiet everyone, the Dutch classes are about to begin. Our new teacher is Hanneke, who is a little nervous so be nice to her.

Unknown

hahahaha, Paul it seems you don't need Dutch classes... any other people here with a secret knowledge of the language?

paul a

Just a lucky guess on the translation front.

fi fi

Don,t want to tempt fate but here goes


sub2:45
URR

sub3:00 -
nrg-b (Pls sponsor me: http://www.justgiving.com/nrgb-rotters2006 )

sub3:15 -
paul a

sub3:45 -
WelshPoppy (Wine required)
Hanneke (will run it on liquorice)
Jayne G

sub4:00 -
Squirrelly (In with a chance)
id (probably nowhere near, but you never know)
MelissaP
Fifi

sub4:30 -
Bart Govaert 2 (Aiming high)
FitnFortysomething (Please let me get it this time)

Sub 4.45
Madeleine

sub5:00 -
Tortoise Legs too (More wine required)

sub-Whatever -
Prince (The artist formally known as Squiggle)

[Deleted User]

Speak slowly Hanneke and drop all the gggghs and I can understand.

[Deleted User]

All we need to know is how to order the beers and get a taxi home? What do you reckon?

[Deleted User]

Is counting the same as Afrikaans I wonder? Think very similar. Actually for all my moaning at school about learning Afrikaans it has given me a basic understanding for quite a few European languages.

[Deleted User]

spoken, not written naturally

fi fi

Hanneke, we also need to know how to order room service in Amsterdam !

paul a

What sort of room service did you have in mind? ;-)

Maddy.

Now now Paul you are being naughty again

paul a

Sorry but it is Amsterdam after all.

Maddy.

Very true

fi fi

I thought that was the only type of room service available

fi fi

Anyway whats with all this double dutch