Thursday, August 04, 2005

Learn To Fake Dutch in Ten Years... or less!

Nothing will impress another person more than your knowledge of the Dutch language. Indeed, the more Dutch you can speak, the smarter others will think you are!

The first endeavor of The Jumbled Encephalon Education Disservice will be to teach you Dutch in less than ten years. Each week (or two, it's according to how I feel and what phase the moon is in), we will learn a new Dutch word.

"But wait", you are probably asking. "Isn't ten years an awfully long time?" Yes. But, remember, the object here isn't to actually learn the language fluently. You just want others to think you can speak the language fluently, thus appearing smarter than you really are and sparing yourself a lot of hassle. Plus, you can save precious brain cells for more important matters, like trying to remember what episodes of Seinfeld you've already watched. This way you can save time by quickly switching to the Everybody Loves Raymond rerun without missing a previously unviewed Seinfeld.

So without further ado, here is this week's Dutch word. Memorize it, get to know it, and dazzle your friends, family and co-workers.

This week's word:

STEKELVARKEN: porcupine

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