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Author Archives: Mike Wilkinson

A bit of this and that

Strangely enough, the usage of those two simple, everyday words is quite often the other way round in Dutch when referring to abstracts rather than tangible objects.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJuly 5, 2021Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:dunglish, engels2 Comments on A bit of this and that

What comes between junior and senior?

Well, not “medior” at any rate. That’s a fabrication, an anglicization.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJune 18, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Fake EnglishTags:dunglish, engels, junior, medior, seniorLeave a comment on What comes between junior and senior?

Habits such as: colons before lists

Dutch typography regularly seems to use a superfluous colon to introduce a list of items – sometimes even a ‘list’ of one!

Posted byMike WilkinsonJune 16, 2021June 16, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Grammar, PunctuationTags:dubbele punt, dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Habits such as: colons before lists

“Euro” as a prefix

Eurocrat, Eurotrash, Eurospeak… prefixing something with “Euro” in English is often intended as a negative connotation. Unlike on the Continent.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJune 11, 2021Posted inAdvanced, CulturalTags:dunglish, engels, euro, EurospeakLeave a comment on “Euro” as a prefix

Paying attention

An ‘attentie’ in Dutch is a small gift, just a little something to show appreciation. The English word ‘attention’ doesn’t have that meaning.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJune 10, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Mistranslations, Valse vriendenTags:aandacht, attentie, dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Paying attention

Don’t mention it

When someone mentions something, it’s a minor sideline, a small point. “Oh, by the way…” Not a general verb for a statement in a report or document.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 29, 2021May 1, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Overused words, StyleTags:dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Don’t mention it

Survival rations

The relative numeric sizes of things are expressed as a ratio, not a ration.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 28, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Mistranslations, Valse vriendenTags:dunglish, engels, verhoudingLeave a comment on Survival rations

Chapter and verse

A document really has to be pretty large before you can call its subdivisions “chapters”. We’re talking a small book, not a ten-pager.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 18, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Overused words, StyleTags:dunglish, engels, hoofdstukLeave a comment on Chapter and verse

A programme of programs

In British English, the spelling “program” is normally used nowadays for IT but “programme” is still the norm for other contexts.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 15, 2021April 15, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Style, US-UK issuesTags:dunglish, engels, programmaLeave a comment on A programme of programs

A telling point

The verb “to tell” is quite widely used and versatile in English, but comparatively rarely used by non-natives.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 5, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Style, Underused words, Wrong registerTags:dunglish, engels3 Comments on A telling point

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