Hollanderbeet

[Eric J. Gouda]

In message Wed, 5 Apr 1995 09:13:40 GMT-4,
  DUBE MARTIN <MARTIN at NOVL1.CI.CUSLM.CA>  writes:

> Is there someone who knows the exact meaning of the German word
> HOLLA(with diaeresis)NDERBEET ?

It looks like Dutch: a 'Hollander' is someone from Holland (Netherlands = NL)
and 'Beet' means bite, so a Dutch man's bite.

But don't worry we don't bite, just kidding.

If there are two .. on the 'a', I suppose it is German and the German word
'beet' means (flower)bed, so it must mean some thing like a Dutch flower
bed, which makes sense because we have a lot of flowers.

>
> I think that it should be CO
> Thanks a lot.
>
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