Meet my new friend Thomas. He’s a standard wire-haired Dachshund and he lives in Holland, where my peep’s great grandparents were from. (In fact, Her great grandmother didn’t speak a word of English.)
I wonder if Thomas speaks English? Of course he speaks Dutch. As you can see.
What You Learned Today:
- It’s Friday’s Foto Fun day!
- Thanks, Thomas, for sending in your photo. You’re a handsome lad to be sure. Just like me. Yes, I AM humble.
- Thomas likes to sleep, like moi.
- If you want to participate in Friday’s Foto Fun, why not send me a picture?
- Do it today. Send it to: StuartTheScottie@hotmail.com
Traveling, world class friends! You are living the life of Riley, Stuart, humble or not LOL I must say, your new friend looks very comfortable. It’s raining today and it makes me want to go get some zzzzzZZ’s too
It’s sleeting here today. Guess Thomas is used to that? Hug your Scottie babies!
Does Thomas wear Klompen, the wooden shoes?
Thanks for being a friend
Sweet William The Scot
Yah. Maybe he’ll wake up from his snooze and weigh in on this.
¿Cómo estás?
Mui Bueno mi amigo! Usted? No wait…is that right? I think so.
For cryin’ out loud. I meant AMIGA not amigo. I know you’re a girl! And a bee-you-ti-ful one at that my Kyla friend.
Thank you for making me photo-fun of today. And of course, I bark a little English, as I am a dog of the world! I like to sleep, indeed Stuart, and I like to bark and to walk. Not with wooden shoes on, they are much too heavy! Yes, I think you are quite handsome too, Stuart. How nice that the great-greatparents of your peep were Dutch. Where from in Holland? I live in the center, were it is foresty. And wet, yes, that too. I say: Tot ziens en we spreken elkaar! Prettig weekeinde!
OMD mom had to double check whose blog we were on ‘cos Afrikaans (one of South Africa’s 11 official languages) is derived from Dutch!! So knowing Afrikaans we can generally pick up what is being said! So to Thomas: mooi om jou te ontmoet (nice to meet you) and to you Stu: jy is te oulik! (you are too sweet / cute)
Lekker naweek / have good weekend
Wally & Sammy
Nice, to read your comment. My brother, the biped of 11, is at this moment writing a paper about South-Africa. His dad studied Dutch and Afrikaans in Amsterdam! Lekker naweek too!
Wow that is so cool! Our mom’s uncle (by marriage) is Dutch…his family moved her in the late 50′s. They all still speak Dutch. And our mom did course on Dutch & Afrikaans at university too.
Tell your brother good luck with his assignment
Lekker dag
Wally & Sammy
Hey Thomas! Nice of you to bark at me! (I’m gonna learn Dutch!)
My great great grandparents’ families, of the two-legged variety, were from Tietjerksteradeel, Garjp, Leeuwarden, Twijzel, Opeinde, Rinsumageest, and Ferwerderadel.
Do you know these places?
Tot ziens! ArOOOOO, Stuart
Yep, that’s Friesland, in the north of The Netherlands. The Frysians are proud people with their own language, and for a long time they wanted to be independent. Not anymore, I think. In 756, they killed Boniface, a missionary who came to christen them!
Bye, Stuart, my wee laoch!
Thomas sure looks comfy:-)
He does doesn’t he?
Thomas sounds like a grand sort! Glad to meet him.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
Y’all are so nice.