Do you get more than one straw with that?

Bees are not the only insects that produce honey. Some insects make honey that we can't eat. Other insects produce edible honey, but not in quantities that are feasible or profitable to collect. I was looking for a good online source to explain all this, but I didn't find one. -Tim As usual, people...

I take it you're not talking about Dutch and French, are you?

And my guess is that the latest registered user, 28f8fcfc03e6f8de0edf88555, isn't here to truly participate in the forum, either, just like those other spammers!

-Tim[/quote]

I hope for his sake he's selected the option "Remember my ID on this computer".

If a Dutchman pronounces "verlof", it will even sound like "furlough".

Why not keep alive those that survive it and breed a variety of bird that is resistant to this flu?
Apo

That's a surprisingly darwinistic view to come from you, isn't it, Sitran? (Mind if I call you Sitran? I like the sound of that name better.)

Samara is also a nice city in Russia (on the Volga river, it was named Kuybyshev under the Soviets).

Does learning another language help you with English?

Learning English has.

I can easily read and listen to music at the same time, and concentrate on both simultaneously, but only if the music is either instrumental or has lyrics in a different language than the text I'm reading. If the language is the same, I have to block out one to concentrate.

Sitting at the Muntplein in Brussels, ... , enjoying a rrreal Belgian monastery produced very dark and aromatic beer in an oversized brandy snifter

A pretty accurate description of what I'll be doing later this afternoon.

"Half an orphan"?

In Dutch you're called "een halve wees".

Nog vele jaren, ApoSitran!

"Het" is the neuter definite article, whereas "de" is used with either male or female words. "Het mens" is only used for women, though, not for men.

Frank, I reckon everyone in Flanders knows what "het mens" means.

Because the pen refers to the writer who is holding the pen and the sword to the warrior holding the sword. Obviously, a pen is not stronger than a sword in any litteral sense.