Whatever it is, it looks delicious. Ik wil enige! (Je veux quelques-uns ! ) [I want some!]
Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:25 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19 Dec 2008 at 18:14, hans van de sande wrote: > > > A nos amis Francais > > Ah, A Christmas mystery. I love it. > > My wife, who has forgotten more languages than most people know, did a > quick translation of the French text. It reads: > > To our French friends: > > It´s possible that you will guess the range of this Dutch message. The > point is to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We will only > come to France in February or March, alas, so the wishes are a little > less personal. The traditional recipe is simple: a puree of potatoes and > celeriac. When we meet I will try to translate. Be assured of our best > wishes and feelings towards you and yours. > > Hans and Gerdie > ------------------ > > You may not have noticed that the message included a pdf attachment. It > contains what appears to be an acrostic poem in Dutch. My guess is that > this refers to the recipe mentioned in the letter. The title of the > document, "Recept voor de puree van twee knollen" translates (using > Beth's site) to "Recipes for the puree of two squeezed". Squeezed what, > it doesn't say. > > I imagine this is a Christmas greeting to a mailing list which > accidentally included the TIPS address. The sender probably is a member > of TIPS, unknown to us because he has never posted a message. Perhaps he > feels his English isn't strong enough. > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
