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Huntard
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Message 219 of 291 (566788)
06-27-2010 11:50 AM


The second half was also enjoyable to watch.
England got thoroughly pwned afterall.
Final score Germany 4 - 1 England.
Germany is on to the next round!
Tomorrow, it's time for the Dutch again.

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Huntard
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Message 225 of 291 (566833)
06-28-2010 5:16 AM
Reply to: Message 223 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-28-2010 4:28 AM


Re: Go Dutch!
Jumped Up Chimpanzee writes:
Good luck to your team. I'd like to see Holland do well. You've started well without attracting too much attention. Dark horses.
Thank you. Although in recent years, they do have the tendency to fuck up when it really matters, ah well, we'll see.
I suppose this is as good an opportunity as any to ask, but I've never known why you have 2 completely different names for your country, neither of which seem to relate to the word Dutch. (I don't even know if "Dutch" is a Dutch word or an English one.)
Please cure my ignorance.
The word "Dutch" is derived from the language "Diets" (pronounced a bit like deeds in English). "Diets" was the language spoken around these parts during the middle ages. I guess it just kinda stuck in your language. We refer to ourselves as "The Netherlands", or sometimes, those damned northerners will just call it "Holland", which technically is just the name of two provinces (North and south), but since these two were the most powerful back when our country became kinda one nation, and during the "golden age" of our country (when we whooped your navy's butt), that kinda stuck too. As far as I know, non-English speaking nation refer to us as "The Netherlands", but in their own language of course. In German it's "Die Niederlande" (I think you can see the resemblance), in French it's "Pays-bas" (meaning "low country").
Hope that helped a bit. Anything else you'd like to know?

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Huntard
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Message 226 of 291 (566834)
06-28-2010 5:25 AM
Reply to: Message 224 by caffeine
06-28-2010 5:14 AM


Re: Go Dutch!
caffeine writes:
They haven't drawn much attention because they've been balls. Winning an easy group by playing not quite as bad as your opposition doesn't amount to 'starting well'. They won't face any serious opposition till the quarter finals though, so they have plenty of time to raise their game.
This is true as well. If they don't improve soon they'll get their asses handed to them.

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Huntard
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Message 229 of 291 (566877)
06-28-2010 11:51 AM


And we're through
Though the playing sucked again, it is 2-1 victory for The Netherlands.
Bizarre penalty in the last second of play, but meh.
Probably facing Brazil (or Chile) next. The first real test.

  
Huntard
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Message 234 of 291 (566892)
06-28-2010 1:03 PM
Reply to: Message 231 by Straggler
06-28-2010 12:20 PM


Re: Nail Biter
Straggler writes:
If I can do that whilst barely spilling any beer at all as I run round the pitch beer-can in hand I fail to see why the professionals can't do similarly well.
Because in the real game, the Germans weren't drinking.

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Huntard
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Message 236 of 291 (566894)
06-28-2010 1:04 PM
Reply to: Message 233 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-28-2010 12:28 PM


Re: Go Dutch!
Jumped Up Chimpanzee writes:
To be honest, that's all I had done (heard about them). Although, I'd got the impression they were playing quite well.
They weren't.

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Huntard
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Message 238 of 291 (566897)
06-28-2010 1:13 PM
Reply to: Message 237 by Blue Jay
06-28-2010 1:07 PM


Re: Nail Biter
Bluejay writes:
These four words are so seldom strung together that I feel like you must have made a grammatical error somewhere.

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Huntard
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Message 245 of 291 (567738)
07-02-2010 11:50 AM


We fucking did it!
Can't believe it, but after a bad first half, we actually did beat Brazil!
On to the next round! Where we will meet Ghana or Uruguay!

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Huntard
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Message 250 of 291 (567745)
07-02-2010 12:09 PM
Reply to: Message 249 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
07-02-2010 11:59 AM


Re: We fucking did it!
Jumped Up Chimpanzee writes:
Well done.
Thank you.
It's a Holland v Germany final. I can see it. Chance for you to get revenge for '74.
Oh dear god no. The media will never shut up about it. You think you had a history with the Germans, you should check out our media when this comes to pass. And we don't even have those "tabloids" you guys have.

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Huntard
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Message 261 of 291 (567909)
07-03-2010 7:19 AM
Reply to: Message 259 by Straggler
07-02-2010 5:51 PM


Re: We fucking did it!
Straggler writes:
You orange shirted tosspots!!!
I am supporting your version of "sexy" football all the frikkin way.
Sexy? You mean like this?
Ooh yeah!

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Huntard
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Message 267 of 291 (568527)
07-06-2010 12:02 PM
Reply to: Message 266 by onifre
07-06-2010 11:25 AM


Re: Just wanted to point out.....
And facing Germany....

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Huntard
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Message 269 of 291 (568597)
07-07-2010 1:46 AM


The finals!
Yay! We got to the finals! Now either Germany or Spain await!
Will we finally win a World Cup?
Would've posted it sooner, but you know, hackers and all.

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Huntard
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From: Limburg, The Netherlands
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Message 272 of 291 (568684)
07-07-2010 4:32 PM
Reply to: Message 271 by onifre
07-07-2010 4:30 PM


Re: The finals!
onifre writes:
Nope!
It was a rhetorical question!

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Huntard
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Message 274 of 291 (568686)
07-07-2010 4:37 PM
Reply to: Message 273 by jar
07-07-2010 4:33 PM


Re: Just want to point out....
They will be facing my mighty country!

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Huntard
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Message 277 of 291 (568706)
07-14-2010 8:37 AM
Reply to: Message 271 by onifre
07-07-2010 4:30 PM


Massive postage, sorry!
Edited by Huntard, : No reason given.

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