WTF Friday 8/13

Have you ever seen a hologram OF YOUR OWN FACE?

Me neither. UNTIL NOW.

Op de markt

Browsing the groenten (vegetables; say, approx., "hrr-OOHn-te")

Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday are market days in Groningen. When we first moved here in March, we hadn’t even had time to scrape off the Boston frost before Nathan’s boss was urging us to go to the market. “Even in March? Even now? Like what is there to buy, potatoes?”

Een toets

The main RUG building, downtown. We take Dutch classes not here (sadly) but in the grubby humanities building across the street.

A Dutch trivia mini-test: true or false?

1) The Dutch are the tallest people on Earth

2) The Dutch word for “tomcat” can also be used to mean “hangover”

3) There is no Dutch word for “please”

4) Goofy Dutch names like “Jan de Groot” (“Jan the large”) are Napoleon’s fault

My Dutch is bad.

Aren't the flowers pretty? And cheap? Now, if only I could acquire the basic language skills necessary to purchase them.

“You won’t need to know Dutch at all,” Nate’s boss promises. “Everyone speaks English. It’s a university town! They’re used to it!”

“Everyone speaks English,” Nate’s coworker promises. “It may take them a minute to switch over, but everyone. Even the old people!”

Heh. A-HAHAHAHAHA hah hah. Haha. Ahem.