Helpful to remember
- Een goed begin is het halve werk.
- A good start is half the work.
- Roei met de riemen die je hebt.
- Row with the oars you've got, make do with what's available.
- hutspot (sometimes known as hutsepot)
- Mulligan stew, perhaps a good synonym for SpaghettiCode ?
- Praten is zilver, zwijgen is goud
- Talk is silver, silence is golden (I think GermanLanguage has this too. [Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold.])
- Een schip op het strand is een baken in zee
- A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea. (As quoted by FredBrooks in TheMythicalManMonth.)
- Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je al gek genoeg
- Just act normally, that's crazy enough.
- Laat hem een toontje lager zingen
- Take him down a peg.
For those who read TerryPratchett there is something endearing about a language that has the word "ook".
But LispLanguage had "ook" first...
What is "ook" in the LispLanguage? And FWIW, I doubt LispLanguage predates the DutchLanguage.
CategoryNaturalLanguage
Dutch Language