Hello Hazel, We are a globe trotting lot, us lace makers. Agnes Hazel Smith wrote:
>Hi Tamara and all > >I would have expected all languages to be the same on >this. The reason actually is logical - if you were to >call the years from 1600 to 1699 the 16th century then >the years 100 to 199 would be the 1st century so what >would you call the years from 1 to 99? > >Tamara is your memory of German as rusty as mine is >perhaps? (I learnt it at school and got a very good >result in GCE in 1961 but have rarely used it since) > >I await Ilske's correction if I am wrong (and will >apologise profusely if so) > >Hazel (who is an English ex-pat in the Netherlands!) > >--- Agnes Boddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > >>I agree with Jo that the Dutch 16e eeuw is the same >>as the English 16th, >>i.e. 1501 -1599/1600 (last date is debatable, seeing >>as we celebrated >>the start of the new milennium in 2000). >>The Dutch Golden Age covers most of the 1600's. >>A note for Jo: always thought you were an English >>expat in the >>Netherlands. Foutje! >>And that from a Dutch expat in the UK. >> >>Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK >> >>- >>To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>containing the line: >>unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write >>to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > > > >___________________________________________________________ >Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. >http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > > > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
