Comments on: Hung up on values

By: Frits Spits

Frits Spits — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:43:44 +0000

The same goes for ZARA Amsterdam (for years now). Originally they are Spanish, though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:57:15 +0000

For some time in the 1980s, a multilingual billboard at Heathrow airport in London exhorted Dutch-speaking travellers not to vergeef to pick up some belastingvije quederen before their flight, so Dunglish works in the other direction too!

By: mare

mare — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 04:59:13 +0000

They just misspelled the Dutch word ‘valies’ (bag)…

By: languagehat.com

languagehat.com — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:50:48 +0000

DUNGLISH.
Natashka’s interesting new blog Dunglish features unfortunate attempts by Dutch-speakers to write things in English. Recent entries have highlighted the Small Talk Eating House,” a sign that says “Beware of pickpockets. Please hang your vallues on t…