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Old 31-01-10, 20:00
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On the lower face on a red rectangle is the following in black letters.
"MYCKET ELDFARLIGT"
It is Swedish for "Highly flammable". Bensin translates as gasoline.

In German it is Leichtentzündlich and Benzin respectively.

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Old 31-01-10, 22:32
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Is there no end to your talents???? Thanks

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Old 01-02-10, 21:01
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In German it is Leichtentzündlich and Benzin respectively.
... a little mistake Leicht entzündlich are two words

Hanno, why do you never speak German with me

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Old 02-02-10, 10:47
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Is there no end to your talents????
Well, thanks, but I live in a very small (but overpopulated) country, and there is only one other country where they partly speak Dutch, so in general the Dutch speak their foreign languages well. Like English, German, French (our direct neighbours) to a varying degree and other European languages like Spanish, depending on where the Dutch go on holiday.

I happened to have picked up a few Swedish words when visiting friends recently. That, and online translation applications help tremendously. . .

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Old 02-02-10, 10:50
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Hanno, why do you never speak German with me
That would make it too easy for you

And thanks for the correction.

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