I posted this to the Message Pit as well but I guess there are other people here as well:

If you are from Belgium or the Netherlands or speak Dutch anyway, come and join the Dutch Ramblings forum.

Now let's wait and see if we get dates too today, or not yet....

groetjes,
Mirella

Thanks Mirella. I was able to sign up to Bugs, but I think the Dutch Ramblings will require me to have a few more years of lessons first.

But Angus might be interested, hes a waffle wizard so he may well speak Dutch

And if you don't speak Dutch, join anyway. I'll teach you.

First lesson:
Dutch: "Ik hou van je godverdomme"
Translation: "I fucking love you".

Ich ben ein stomme Schote

De stoptrein van Utrecht heeft ein vertragen van enkle fier tien minuten

Ich wonen en Amsterdam

Mijn Nderelandse niet zo guut

That's more like a mix of Dutch and German.

I can barely speak it, so writing it down is just a challenge I'm not up for

I know some words, I get called these all the time; 'eikel' 'klootzak' 'waatje' 'mietje'

All because I call my colleagues 'Cloggies'

I registered some time ago. And lurk there from time to time.
Maybe someday I'll post something!

Are you a Cloggie or a Waffle Wizard?

She's one of ours.

Yup. I'm a waffle wizard. I like that word!

heheh, we'll help:

Ik ben een stomme Schot
De stoptrein van Utrecht heeft een vertraging van veertien minuten
Ik woon in Amsterdam
Mijn Nederlands is niet zo goed



You might not even know it but chances are your Dutch has an Amsterdams accent already

groetjes,
Mirella

So, three Waffle Wizards. I like that phrase two, I invented it!

Angus
FUBAR
Living Doll

how many threads do you europeans need?

Lots and Lots - to compensate for lack of tours over the last six years, all these threads are an emotional crutch, sort of alike a support group, to help each other along

Thanks Mirella, I really do need to put some more work into my Dutch skills. I was way out with what I wrote!

well, another 'cloggie' (whatever that means) salutes you,
hope to see you all at the Dutch Ramblings!

@zephyr: we also have an english section, for the new dutchies like you

Is one thread about two countries at once too much to bear? It's nothing compared to our 'exitement' about yesterday's 'big announcement' , or any of the many USA messages. We have lots of catching up to do here!

groetjes,
Mirella (only waiting for 6 long years for them to return, or 10 years if you count the last normal venue concert here)

I'm an american. The fact that other countries exist is somewhat disconcerting to us.

Could anyone please translate this:

Zelf zou Jan nog graag een Eddie Vedder en zijn vrienden op Pinkpop willen hebben. Jan wist me te vertellen dat er wel al zalen geboekt zijn voor Pearl Jam later deze zomer en dat ik best eens gelijk kan hebben gehad dat ze als headliner voor Reading zijn geboekt...

That's from the Pinkpop press conference.

http://www.graz.nl/bericht.asp?id=588