Spring Fling 2011

[Sjoerd3000]

Both pooh & me were known as pooh and Dotsie at the con. Pooh suits him better somehow

Obviously Jan & Sjoerd were Jan & Sjoerd.

FINALLY! A thread were I can ask: HOW is Sjoerd pronounced?

I found a clip to help you with your pronunciation

 

[Willem]

Sjoerd is pronounced as a combination of the words 'shoe' and 'weird'.

Draw your own conclusions from that

 

[Tonyblack]

So it's Shooed then?

 

[TwoShotTino]

I think I'll have to work that weekend and as I work nights that means if I did go I'd only sleep through everything anyway lol

 

[Penfold]

I think I'll have to work that weekend and as I work nights that means if I did go I'd only sleep through everything anyway lol

Same for me too. Also, I booked my holiday request from work two days before the announcement and am unable to change it. (That weekends already been fully allocated anyway.)

 

[deldaisy]

Sh-OR-D then? (taken off your hey jude clip.)

 

[poohcarrot]

Both pooh & me were known as pooh and Dotsie at the con. Pooh suits him better somehow

I have been called Pooh since I was a kid. My friends in the UK from school still call me Pooh. When I was 21 and went to uni I became a Mike. It's only since joining this forum that I've reverted back to Pooh. That's why it suits me better. 8)

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Trying to remember where I heard that line it was on a comedy programme.

Now I remember it was Tiffany little brother wanta,wanta,wanta sweetie.

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Sh-OR-D then? (taken off your hey jude clip.)

Almost Take Willems advice too, he's right

 

[captainmeme]

I guessed that already!

Well, I've got a cousin called Sjouke, so Sjoerd's pretty easy...

 

[Bickaxe]

Bickie I mena BICKAXE!!!!! sounds so... kill maim tough..... but BICKIE? tea and scones with your gran on a sunday afternoon

Everyone needs a day off

 

[Anilori]

If all goes well, there will be a pair of shy Frenchwomen blundering about...

 

[Sjoerd3000]

I guessed that already!

Well, I've got a cousin called Sjouke, so Sjoerd's pretty easy...

Sjoerd is a Frisian name too

 

[poohcarrot]

You're named after a breed of cow?

 

[TwoShotTino]

 

[Sjoerd3000]

You're named after a breed of cow?

Friesland (Frisia) is a Dutch province The Frisians have their own language

Some of my ancestors came from Friesland. My mother encountered the name Sjoerd in some family archive and thought it was a nice name, and named me Sjoerd

 

[poohcarrot]

Oh!
Are there many cows there?

 

[Bickaxe]

Oh!
Are there many cows there?

A few, but there are lots of chips!

 

[deldaisy]

Oh!
Are there many cows there?

A few, but there are lots of chips!

Took me a while........... FRIES-LAND!

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Oh!
Are there many cows there?

Yup, lots and lots and lots of cows and a few horses