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25 October 2005
Created on 2004-04-25 11:34:59 (#2946336), last updated 2009-02-02
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Basic Info| Name: | jay lo |
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| Location: | Tilburg, Netherlands |
BioIf you want to know, read the journal. But...
... I dig the English language on a regular basis. Dutch and English seem to provide a particularly rich seam for unfortunate homonyms - words spelt similarly but having different meanings:
At an informal get-together, a Dutch woman introduced herself to a British woman. When asked what her profession was, the Dutch woman tried to translate "Ik fok honden" (I breed dogs) into English. Unfortunately, rather than "breed" she used the English vulgar cognate of the Dutch verb "fokken." Calmly, she informed her shocked companion that her working relationship with her animals was extremely intimate.
... I dig the English language on a regular basis. Dutch and English seem to provide a particularly rich seam for unfortunate homonyms - words spelt similarly but having different meanings:
At an informal get-together, a Dutch woman introduced herself to a British woman. When asked what her profession was, the Dutch woman tried to translate "Ik fok honden" (I breed dogs) into English. Unfortunately, rather than "breed" she used the English vulgar cognate of the Dutch verb "fokken." Calmly, she informed her shocked companion that her working relationship with her animals was extremely intimate.
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Schools:
College Economie Van Roc Midden-Brabant - Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (1989 - 1994)Chabot College - Hayward, CA (1994 - 1995)
Fontys - Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (1995 - 1998)
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