I love this word: 'spoed'.
It just sounds great! Don't forget though that this is pronounced more like 'oo' than in English 'oe'.
It's also quite relevant as we went past a hospital the other day and one of my children asked… what does 'spoed' mean? (It was written 'spoedgevallen' on the sign).
Spoed or spoedgevallendienst is in fact A&E or Casualty in English.
Definition thanks to http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/spoedgevallen
"afdeling van een ziekenhuis waar men terecht kan voor dringende medische problemen"
Friday, 23 January 2015
Monday, 5 January 2015
A Dutch learner in Brussels' View
Here is an interesting article about one woman's attempts to learn Dutch in Brussels.
It's the same old problem unfortunately: nobody with whom to practice with some good old red-tape thrown in for good measure. Check it out here:
Clutch that Dutch
"Learning Dutch is proving much harder than I expected."
http://www.fansofflanders.be/Categories/Blogs/14_October_2013/04102013_Ana_Elisa_Miranda
by Ana Elisa Miranda
It's the same old problem unfortunately: nobody with whom to practice with some good old red-tape thrown in for good measure. Check it out here:
Clutch that Dutch
"Learning Dutch is proving much harder than I expected."
http://www.fansofflanders.be/Categories/Blogs/14_October_2013/04102013_Ana_Elisa_Miranda
by Ana Elisa Miranda
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