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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Re: natural language deficiencies?
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Date: Sun, 28-Oct-84 21:58:49 EST
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[stofzuiger]

> There is no way, reasonable or not, to render Dutch 'gezellig' into English.
> This is also SURELY a language deficiency.

For the benefit of those few net readers who don't know Dutch, I recall
a drawing by the Dutch cartoonist "Peter" of two men in shirtsleeves,
seated on either side of an (opened) case of beer.  The caption, spoken
by one of the men, is:  "Gezellig toch?" :*}
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel