#Dutch

Axmed Maxamed

_Axm3d

As a lot of you already know, listening to books has truly been a massive game changer for me, but sometimes I have to make an exception and read a

Advaid അദ്വൈത്

Advaidism

And today I found out that Puttu (the steamed rice cake) is just 500 years old. Puttu was created by the Portuguese to feed their soldiers in the absence of

Richard de Nooy

RicharddeNooy

Frisian children are born on the ice. Mothers drag their naked infant around the rink. Those that automatically turn onto their stomach are sent to a special skating school. #OlympicFicts

Rebecca Makkai

rebeccamakkai

Anyone up for a nerdy etymology thread?Too bad, here we go:The word “landscape”...Middle Dutch: landscap = region, from land + scap = -ship/-ness/condition (so, basically, landship)17th c Dutch: landschap From

Elena Plotnikova

Cosmopolitka

"If you use falsified evidence to confirm the reliability of another falsified evidence, which was forged in such a way to confirm the other forgeries, it is absolutely not a

Esmée🛸👽

ServillasSpeaks

Apparently, there will be a new series on Dutch TV called "The A-Word" (Het A-woord). This is once again the "autism is a burden"-trope and I have some things to

WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK

JANUSZCZAK

1/ Here's a painting by the Dutch mannerist Cornelis van Haarlem. It's called The Monk and the Nun and dates from 1591. When you first see it, you think: sexist

Rory Turnbull

_roryturnbull

German and English words are usually pretty similar. Maus~mouse, Milch~milk, Wasser~water, sechs~six, Vater~father. But the German word for horse, "Pferd", is nothing like English. What happened? A thread. /1 English

SQ.WK

SQv17WK

Still think nothing is happening? Entire Russian Govt resigns Netherlands Govt resigns Estonia PM resigns Italian Govt on verge of collapse German Chancellor Merkel outNOTHING CAN STOP what is

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Non- fish people look away – again. Sorry. Can’t stop myself. Just wanted to crunch the stats, and politics, of the latest twist in the Brexit fish negotiations.. Why does

Jamie Catherwood

InvestorAmnesia

Financial History: Sunday Reads• East India Co. & Activist Investors• Wall Street's First Corner• What Really Drives Stock Prices?• A History of Corners & Market Dynamics• Short Squeezes & Bicycle

David Thomas Moore

dtmooreeditor

This is an excellent question! (To save anyone the click, Katie's asking why we say 'wolf' and 'golf' differently.) Pronunciation in English is a storied, rambling topic.*ahem* A thread.https://twitter.com/joan_of_orc/st

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

HoooAW

Shapley, when director of the Harvard College Observatory and yet another Dutchman showed up at his door looking for work, is said to have called Holland ‘the place where they

Football Professor

Football_Maths

How Graham Potter Plays Football[A THREAD] Brighton is easily one of the most attractive sides in the PL. Despite using a conservative Back three, Graham Potter plays one of the

Carlton Reid

carltonreid

In 1934 a Ministry of Transport divisional chief engineer was asked by HQ how many people rode bikes in Bedford. The answer was a modal share of 80 percent. Did

NotTheMacAnon

NotTheMacAnon1

Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating. a clear intellect; a clear head A D I S C R I M I N A T I O N I

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