If the Dutch speak English so well, how come only 4 teams have English sites?

Discussion in 'The Netherlands' started by panicfc, Oct 14, 2002.

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  1. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1 panicfc, Oct 14, 2002
    Well there you go.

    Ajax
    PSV
    Feyenoord
    Vitesse

    those are the only four teams in the Netherlands with English mirror sites.

    Why is this? Do they think no one outside of the Netherlands visits their sites?

    FC Utrecht used to have an English site, but dropped it when O'Brien returned to Ajax. I was fooled by them!
     
  2. Oscar

    Oscar Member+

    Nov 30, 2001
    Holland
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    #2 Oscar, Oct 14, 2002
    To make people learn the Dutch language
     
  3. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #3 soccernutter, Oct 14, 2002
    That's a problem? Are they developing a d-bonics?
     
  4. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #4 panicfc, Oct 14, 2002
    I tried, but that is one difficult language to grasp.
    Danku wel

    pofferjes

    strope waffels

    Groltch
     
  5. Frieslander

    Frieslander Member
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    Feb 14, 2000
    North Jersey
    #5 Frieslander, Oct 15, 2002
    That's crap. I've been to the Netherlands twice and both times when I attempted to say or order food in Dutch I was told not to bother. I said "Den Haag" one time to a store clerk and my "g" was a little too harsh and they laughed at me. :)

    I've never laughed at anyone struggling with the english language. Once they're fluent speakers, then you can laugh!

    Of the european countries I've been in, the Netherlands is the only one that doesn't overdub the imported American tv shows. They just use Dutch subtitles. That was good for me because I picked up a lot of Dutch that way (since forgotten), but I think it says something about how the Dutch view their language.
     
  6. VFish

    VFish Member+

    Jan 7, 2001
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Atlanta
    #6 VFish, Oct 15, 2002
    Dutch is not a language, it's a throat disease. ;)
     
  7. Colin Grabow

    Colin Grabow New Member

    Jul 22, 1999
    Washington, DC
    #7 Colin Grabow, Oct 15, 2002
    Actually 3 words, dank U wel.

    Close, it's actually poffertjes.
    Almost! Stroopwafel.

    I think you meant Grolsch.

    [​IMG]

    Did you do anything besides eat sweets and drink beer?
     
  8. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #8 panicfc, Oct 15, 2002


    First, not bad for being two years removed from my trip to the Netherlands.

    Second, other voetbal what else is there to do besides eat sweets and drink beer.

    Third, thanks for the corrections.

    I had pizza in Gorinchem, herring in Schevingen (no way I spelled that right), and some sort of apple bomb in Utrecht.
     
  9. prk166

    prk166 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 8, 2000
    Med City
    #9 prk166, Oct 15, 2002
    cruel-cruel.

    That said I'd think that they're missing out on some marketing opportunities by not including English news.
     
  10. Colin Grabow

    Colin Grabow New Member

    Jul 22, 1999
    Washington, DC
    #10 Colin Grabow, Oct 15, 2002
    Actually you did -- in English. The Dutch call it haring. I feel bad for you, I think it is quite possibly the most disgusting thing I have ever had -- cold slimy fish on bread.
     
  11. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #11 panicfc, Oct 15, 2002
    You got bread?

    I ate it with just onions and raw fish. It wasn't good.

    The poffertjes made up for it, as did the Grolsch.
     
  12. Frieslander

    Frieslander Member
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    Feb 14, 2000
    North Jersey
    #12 Frieslander, Oct 15, 2002
    I think he was talking about spelling the city not the fish. Schevingen is right too, though!
     
  13. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #13 panicfc, Oct 15, 2002
    I was talking about the city.

    I have switched to Feyenoord from FC Utrecht because of the crap response from their management. They don't care about me.

    I emailed Feyenoord and they emailed me back promptly.
     
  14. Oscar

    Oscar Member+

    Nov 30, 2001
    Holland
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    #14 Oscar, Oct 15, 2002
    Wow...people who don't like haring?!?

    You philistines!!
     
  15. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #15 panicfc, Oct 15, 2002
    I tried, but it wasn't for me. You guys need some Cajun Crawfish instead.
     
  16. sonicdream

    sonicdream Member

    Sep 27, 2002
    West of Suez canal
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    #16 sonicdream, Oct 15, 2002

    Iate mine with pickes. Bad pickes at that.

    Still, I'd rather have sushi :)
     
  17. Oscar

    Oscar Member+

    Nov 30, 2001
    Holland
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    #17 Oscar, Oct 15, 2002
    I'd rather have those full-of-sugar-&-colors-&-totally-not-healthy types of cereal you people got over there, the freakiest one they got over here is one with strawberry. :( I want multi color cereal goddammit! Plus those pop tarts too while you're at it. And blue Pepsi, I don't care that I dislike Pepsi...if it's blue I'll drink it.
     
  18. ruudboy

    ruudboy New Member

    Jul 6, 2000
    Sunnyvale
    #18 ruudboy, Oct 15, 2002
    The blue pepsi sucks ass, it tastes like a melted popsicle.
     
  19. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #19 panicfc, Oct 15, 2002
    Man you got it bad, real bad.

    Blue Pepsi. Instead you need Riptide Rush gatorade. It's fantastic.
     
  20. Frieslander

    Frieslander Member
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    Feb 14, 2000
    North Jersey
    #20 Frieslander, Oct 15, 2002
    I guess Oscar is sick of having salami and gouda sandwiches with a hard boiled egg for breakfast every morning. Oh, and that stale bread they call rusk.
     
  21. AFCA

    AFCA Member

    Jul 16, 2002
    X X X rated
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
    #21 AFCA, Oct 17, 2002
    I don't eat herring I don't eat cheese and I have no idea what rusk is.

    I like potatoes! And rice with turkey or chicken. And shoarma. You've been to Holland and you haven't eaten shoarma?
     
  22. Frieslander

    Frieslander Member
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    Feb 14, 2000
    North Jersey
    #22 Frieslander, Oct 17, 2002
    shoarma... that's that crappy hamburger you can get at Febo, right?

    Rusk is that crispy round bread that I've seen in some sort of warming machine. It's called rusk in english, must be something different in nederlands.

    Potatoes are where it's at. Give me a nice stampot anytime.
     
  23. panicfc

    panicfc Member+

    Dec 22, 2000
    In my chair, typing
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #23 panicfc, Oct 17, 2002
    I had this great cheese, joengcheese - something like that.

    Anybody know if we have that cheese in the US?

    By the way, since I bragged about Feyenoord their English site went down, and their mailing list has stopped.
     
  24. Frieslander

    Frieslander Member
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    Feb 14, 2000
    North Jersey
    #24 Frieslander, Oct 17, 2002
    it was probably just young (jong) gouda which should be easy enough to find in the states. There also is old (oude) gouda which is sharper.
     
  25. AFCA

    AFCA Member

    Jul 16, 2002
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    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
    #25 AFCA, Oct 17, 2002
    No that's a shoarma burger. Febo doesn't sell shoarma.

    Shoarma is usually deliciously spiced lamb-meat served in a flat sandwhich (pita) with some sla and stuff. Eat it with garlic sauce or the mysterious red sauce. Yummy.
     
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