Re: OT: Official language post

John Cowan wrote:

>That's because Dutch is simple, easy, and obvious (until you get kicked in
>the head by some lexeme like "opstanding", the meaning of which nobody would
>ever guess),
>
Are you being sarcastic with that thing in brackets? or does it mean
something other than an obvious derivitive of rebellion (thanks in part
to some online dutch--english dictionary)? People can stand up to other
people in English; I'm sure context would make it clear that such a
meaning was meant.

Tristan.

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