DWOTD = Dutch Word of the Day, it's a fun website about Dutch words and phrases. Like so often you hear of things via-via (word of mouth is great marketing), and I found out about this site through a friend at M&T's. I've lived in the Netherlands long enough to know most of the words and phrases I have seen on the site but it's still interesting to hear someone else's take on the word (so much can be lost in translation). I hope my family abroad will also appreciate this site! My parents are always trying to pick up Dutch words here & there... my Dad likes to post things on Facebook in Dutch and my Mom wants to learn words so she can communicate with my daughter. (Our daughter is 2 1/2 and bi-lingual, but she is still so young she mixes the English & Dutch.) I also hope my foreign friends living in the Netherlands enjoy this site, it's a nice way to learn words (you have to start somewhere when taking on a new language). I am fascinated with words. When I was kid my parents had a "bodybuilding phase" and I was stuck at the gym multiple evenings a week, I would tote my thick red dictionary to the waiting area, plop down on a couch, and read read read. In elementary & middle school, I was enrolled in ALPHA classes and words were also made to be fun - designing a city and everything had to start with the letter "S" (fun kid challenges). Now that I am a bi-lingual adult (didn't learn Dutch until I was in my 20's - I'm still learning), the challenges have changed. Nowadays I am just trying to remember the English word for things I haven't said in a while, it's amazing what you'll forget. One of the last times I was in The States I wanted whip cream on my coffee and I kept calling it mousse, she looked quite confused but figured it out. My mother is always having to fill in my sentences, she hears this often, "uh, um, urgh, what's the word I'm looking for... you know that thing, um." Maybe I should check into an English word of the day site, ha-ha! As we've all heard in the past, it's important to keep learning and to keep flexing our brains no matter what our age. I have family members in their 70's & 80's still earning college degrees, will that be you? Well anyway, I'll keep this post short, just wanted to promote a cool finding!Tuesday, March 20, 2012
DWOTD
DWOTD = Dutch Word of the Day, it's a fun website about Dutch words and phrases. Like so often you hear of things via-via (word of mouth is great marketing), and I found out about this site through a friend at M&T's. I've lived in the Netherlands long enough to know most of the words and phrases I have seen on the site but it's still interesting to hear someone else's take on the word (so much can be lost in translation). I hope my family abroad will also appreciate this site! My parents are always trying to pick up Dutch words here & there... my Dad likes to post things on Facebook in Dutch and my Mom wants to learn words so she can communicate with my daughter. (Our daughter is 2 1/2 and bi-lingual, but she is still so young she mixes the English & Dutch.) I also hope my foreign friends living in the Netherlands enjoy this site, it's a nice way to learn words (you have to start somewhere when taking on a new language). I am fascinated with words. When I was kid my parents had a "bodybuilding phase" and I was stuck at the gym multiple evenings a week, I would tote my thick red dictionary to the waiting area, plop down on a couch, and read read read. In elementary & middle school, I was enrolled in ALPHA classes and words were also made to be fun - designing a city and everything had to start with the letter "S" (fun kid challenges). Now that I am a bi-lingual adult (didn't learn Dutch until I was in my 20's - I'm still learning), the challenges have changed. Nowadays I am just trying to remember the English word for things I haven't said in a while, it's amazing what you'll forget. One of the last times I was in The States I wanted whip cream on my coffee and I kept calling it mousse, she looked quite confused but figured it out. My mother is always having to fill in my sentences, she hears this often, "uh, um, urgh, what's the word I'm looking for... you know that thing, um." Maybe I should check into an English word of the day site, ha-ha! As we've all heard in the past, it's important to keep learning and to keep flexing our brains no matter what our age. I have family members in their 70's & 80's still earning college degrees, will that be you? Well anyway, I'll keep this post short, just wanted to promote a cool finding!
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