Monday, March 14, 2011

Dutch B Crazy

[This is the second in a series of B Crazy posts]

Dutch surnames only date to 1812, when Napoleon conducted a census and required everyone to list a surname. As a result, some chose deliberately absurd or grotesque names, in the belief that this new custom would not last. Here are a few:

Dutch surname:

De Keizer
= probably a wordplay on Napoleon when people registered their name; Who are you? I'm the emperor.[citation needed]
Lit. "emperor".

Rotmensen
= rot, adjective meaning "rotten" + mensen "people"[citation needed] Lit. "rotten people".

Poepjes
= poep, noun meaning "poo/feces", + jes plural diminutive[citation needed] Lit. "excrement; poopie".

Piest
= piest, third-person singular form of the verb piesen meaning "to urinate/to piss"[citation needed] (He/She/It) "pisses/urinates"

Naaktgeboren
= naakt, adjective meaning "naked", + geboren meaning "born"[citation needed] Lit. "born naked"

Zeldenthuis
= zelden, adverb meaning "seldom", + thuis meaning "at home"[citation needed] Lit. "seldom at home"

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Friday, July 04, 2008

Christmas (Goat) in July

Okay...

So I know I haven't posted in a while. But before I can continue I must point out a shocking discovery I made whilst perusing the hud archives. There have been NO posts which include the pictures of the second annual yule goat burning! I don't know how I ended up in the huddle archives, but I'm glad I discovered this.

So whoever has pictures they better hurry up and post em!

I am disgusted frankly. If you check the update that Mr. Hinch Diggedy did for the 06 burn you'll be equally shocked that one of at least equal quality (if not an even better report) does not exist for the 07 Jule Bock Burn.

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