07-10-2010, 07:43 PM
Quote:You would lend your pushbike to a German then ?No problem. With fellow-RATs like Siggi, Svenja, and Christian, it is hard to cultivate our parents' resentments against the Germans, isn't it? We're all Europeans now, and I don't need my grandfather's bike back.
The only concession to jingoism I am willing to make, is that Sunday, we do not sing the usual first stanza of the Dutch anthem, the one about honoring the king of Spain. I'm afraid that after the match, the little-known tenth, the one about the Spanish hurting the Dutch, may be more relevant.
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And for those interested in a bit of history, the Dutch anthem is a truly interesting text, and the Wikipedia page tells the story well. Translation added.
