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Originally posted by uss:
Rate.ee in Dutch? Hehe, that's not possible. I assume you're talking about Estonian? Come on, that's got nothing in common with Dutch! Right now, I don't know any Dutch words, but when I went to Holland, it seemed like the Dutch language is some extremely weird rip of from the English language! For example, I bet 'I'm going to the zoo' is 'Aaime gooeing tooe tee zooo.' [img]tongue.gif[/img] 
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Actually, both English and Dutch are West-Germanic languages, which means they've both descended from the same language, but have literally "grown apart" over the centuries; mostly due to different outside influences. The Germanic languages were first introduced in the British Isles during the Anglo-Saxon invasions, by the way.
And for the record, "I'm going to the zoo" is actually "Ik ga naar de dierentuin" in Dutch.
[ 05-30-2004, 05:30 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]