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The Dutch have a reputation for being ‘zuinig’. If you’re kindly disposed to [...]

The letter F has featured strongly in my musings this week, for no [...]

I’m halfway through the novel now. As the story unwinds, I get more [...]

This week’s linguistic cock-up comes to you from Dutch television broadcaster, RTL4, with [...]

So, we’re back on ‘summer time’ here. For me, that means two weeks [...]

Big news this week! The initial two chapters of the novel have been [...]

This week, an even greater variety of texts than usual. A PhD thesis [...]

My Italian was slipping away. A whole year without being able to spend [...]

You can shake a leg, get moving, break a leg, have a successful [...]

Peeved Indignant and malignant Offended and apprehended Aggrieved Embarrassed Apprehensive and defensive Vexed [...]