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*mindegy == whatever | *mindegy == whatever | ||
*poepiedrollie == What one says to a child when pat-patting samesuch on the head. (its meaning gets "lost in the translation" apparently) | *poepiedrollie == What one says to a child when pat-patting samesuch on the head. (its meaning gets "lost in the translation" apparently) | ||
*vergrootglas == magnifying glass | |||
==Hungarian== | ==Hungarian== |
Revision as of 16:18, 19 March 2006
Dutch
- likmevestje == Stupid System
- welterusten == Sleep Well
- opgefokt == uptight(?)(correct me here, Sinaas!)
- anuf == very happy with self
- kaas -- cheese
- duizendpoot (honderdpoot??) == centipede
- noodzaak == necessary
- geschokt == shocked
- kliekjes == ad hoc
- knuffelt == hugs
- opkatefateren (not sure of the spelling on this one) == fixing soemthing up in a dodgy way
- gasten == slang for "people"
- trekaak == tow-bar
- kekker == yummy
- tocht == draft
- grapjas == joke-maker (literally: jokecoat (i think; handwriting is bad on that one >.>)
- gezellig == very close in friendship or affection
- ogenschijnlijk == ostensibly
- de rapen zijn gaar == The Kohlrabi is done (said when in a pickle)
- vingersmid == extreme good finger (good fine motor skills)
- jeetje == sheesh?
- vertederd =="when you look at someone with a smile & with your head crooked"; moved
- laatdukend == formal exression contempt (hah! a cussword! i know how to cuss in Dutch!)
- hoogstwaarschijnlijk == mostly, probably
- alhoewel == albeit
- kijkbuiskinderen == "the children who watch to a screen, where the owl reads too"
- mindegy == whatever
- poepiedrollie == What one says to a child when pat-patting samesuch on the head. (its meaning gets "lost in the translation" apparently)
- vergrootglas == magnifying glass
Hungarian
- Koszonom szepen draga woozlekam == Thank you very much, my dear little Woozle
- koszi = Thanks
- hulyeseg = Crazyness