Comments on: Pressing matter

By: Edith

Edith — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:01:35 +0000

‘Vers sap’ could refer to any kind of fruit juice. I often use a diminutive: ‘mag ik een jus-tje?’ But I haven’t got a clue how to spell this! I agree, ’sinaasappelsap’ is quite a mouthful.

By: Boersnoes

Boersnoes — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:55:27 +0000

You have a point, but in all honesty, “Sinaasappelsap” is just a plain tongue twister.
Can’t say I have ever used the word, but that can be because I’m Flemish.

By: Spinal

Spinal — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:57:10 +0000

I can image why they won’t use “Verse jus” (since jus also means gravy), but “Vers sap” sounds a lot better than “Verse juices” to me! Damn those people who still think it’s “cool” to use English to make Dutch sound “better”.

By: yoastie

yoastie — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:25:07 +0000

Sap is a much better word: it sounds better, is shorter to spell and is Dutch…

By: Edith

Edith — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:56:17 +0000

“Dutch takes up too much space and the country is full.”
Good joke.

“Verse juices” is awful. Was this a bottle of orange juice or an advertisement for several types of juices? If it was the former, whoever wrote it probably didn’t know how to spell jus (for example because it is pronounced shuuu in Dutch). If the latter, it’s even worse.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:13:59 +0000

VERS SAP is even shorter and ambiguous enough to cover all the possibilities!

By: Jasper

Jasper — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:52:29 +0000

Terwijl verse jus toch heel normaal klinkt….

By: JayVosinVermont

JayVosinVermont — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:28:59 +0000

“Dutch takes up too much space and the country is full.”
Especially today with all the oranjegekte! Koninginnedag!