<HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><FONT FACE="Geneva" SIZE=1 COLOR="#000000">During our discussion of foreign phrases with disparate English meanings, etc., I've had a Dutch houseguest. He printed a letter out on my printer with the opening line:<BR>
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"Hoe gaat het met jullie allen?"<BR>
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So naturally, speaking no Dutch, I thought it said: "How goes it with Jullie Allen?" and I popped out the question, "Who's Jullie Allen?"<BR>
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I'm pleased to say I know two more words of Dutch:"jullie allen" means "you all."<BR>
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Grant Barrett<BR>
gbarrett@americandialect.org<BR>
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