Dutch language

Vygos Cagados, a jingoistic Dutch print celebrating the Battle of Vigo Bay (1702)

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

But why, and for whom, would a Dutchman pun on Vigo / figo (fig) when both spelling and pronunciation of the latter were long obsolete in standard Spanish?

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An old Dutch A&E joke

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

And the abbot who thinks little of his neighbour the emperor’s worldly ambitions.

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