Comments on: Sizing up shoes http://www.dunglish.nl/2005/07/27/sizing-up-shoes/ Where Dutch and English collide Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:30:43 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Larry http://www.dunglish.nl/2005/07/27/sizing-up-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2922 Larry Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:48:30 +0000 http://www.dunglish.nl/?p=95#comment-2922 I don't see 'prolonged' as being particularly <i>wrong</i>, but I would have rendered it differently ('held over' or 'extended', perhaps). Lamp seems to be the name for their 'range of bags with a fluorescent interior that enables you to see the contents at a glance', unless I'm missing something. Silly but not really up there with menus offering 'crapsalad'. I don’t see ‘prolonged’ as being particularly wrong, but I would have rendered it differently (’held over’ or ‘extended’, perhaps).

Lamp seems to be the name for their ‘range of bags with a fluorescent interior that enables you to see the contents at a glance’, unless I’m missing something. Silly but not really up there with menus offering ‘crapsalad’.

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