Archive - English and the Dutch

The head is off 🧑 — here is the head-line for a head-themed edition! 🧔🏽👩🏻‍🦰👩🏿👴

Welcome to the latest instalment of English and the Dutch, the newsletter with tips and tricks, fun facts, new translations and other good stuff about…

May 21 •

January 2025

In my new job, I'll start by looking the cat out of the tree 🐈 It's an animal edition! 🐒

In which I shamelessly let past me do much of the work

Jan 15 •

December 2024

No newsletter in December

December is a really busy month, and when you have two young children who have three national traditions to follow (Dutch Sinterklaas, German…

Dec 11, 2024 •

November 2024

From behind you can look up a cow's butt 🐄 It's an NSFW edition🔞

In which I use a LOT of swear words

Nov 20, 2024 •

October 2024

Let's go with that banana! 🍌 It's a food edition! 😋

In which I say unexpected things about waffles

Oct 23, 2024 •

September 2024

Do you have an HBO think level? 🤓 It's a business jargon edition! 💼

In which I use a Paw Patrol slogan as a translation

Sep 18, 2024

August 2024

Critics can go me on the toilet! 🚽, it's a your-questions-answered edition! 🙋

Welcome to the latest instalment of English and the Dutch, the newsletter with tips and tricks, fun facts, interesting translations and other good stuff…

Aug 21, 2024

July 2024

Ready is Kees! ⌛ It's a cobbled-together holiday edition! 🔨

Welcome to the latest instalment of English and the Dutch, the newsletter with tips and tricks, fun facts, interesting translations and other good stuff…

Jul 24, 2024 •

June 2024

There crows no rooster to 🐓 It's a bird edition! 🐦

Welcome to the latest instalment of English and the Dutch, the newsletter with tips and tricks, fun facts, interesting translations and other good stuff…

Jun 19, 2024 •

May 2024

Oh, on that bicycle! 🚲 Podcast tips & a fairy-tale quiz 🏰

Welcome to the latest instalment of English and the Dutch, the newsletter with tips and tricks, fun facts, interesting translations and other good stuff…

May 22, 2024 •

April 2024

Putting them in the flowers 🌼, a kind kind of 'kind' 🧒, John Cheese - oh, please 🧀

Welcome to the latest instalment of English and the Dutch, the newsletter with tips and tricks, fun facts, new translations and other good stuff about…

Apr 17, 2024 •

March 2024

A heart under the belt 💝, I'm in your dept 💳, have a tasteful eating experience! 🍴

Welcome to the latest instalment of English and the Dutch, the newsletter with tips and tricks, fun facts, new translations and other good stuff about…

Mar 20, 2024 •

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