http://www.dunglish.nl/2007/11/29/powered-by-dunglish-fueled-by-lack-of-clarity/ Where Dutch and English collide Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:30:43 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.dunglish.nl/2007/11/29/powered-by-dunglish-fueled-by-lack-of-clarity/comment-page-1/#comment-13818 Angela Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:34:23 +0000 http://www.dunglish.nl/?p=271#comment-13818 It seems to me that the use of English/Dunglish by FNV unions is meant to suggest a break with polder-style class collaboration. The activist group De Maat Is Vol used 'working class' and 'proud to be a FNV'er' and produced a T-shirt calling ministers 'economic terrorists'. Meanwhile, the 'flitsontslag' being thrown in the bin in this ad is not as close to the 'exit' as union leaders seem to think. It seems to me that the use of English/Dunglish by FNV unions is meant to suggest a break with polder-style class collaboration. The activist group De Maat Is Vol used ‘working class’ and ‘proud to be a FNV’er’ and produced a T-shirt calling ministers ‘economic terrorists’. Meanwhile, the ‘flitsontslag’ being thrown in the bin in this ad is not as close to the ‘exit’ as union leaders seem to think.

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