• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

What's on your mind?

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Status
Not open for further replies.
Sort by date Sort by votes
SnowyMacie

SnowyMacie

Well-Known Member
Apr 12, 2011
17,008
6,087
North Texas
✟125,659.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
Anglican
Marital Status
In Relationship
YankeeGirl said:
My area has a very large Dutch community and a lot of greenhouses and such. You should visit Niagara, you'd be right at home:) We even have these really ugly windmills that the government thinks is a good source of energy:p Perhaps Canadian Dutch families have slightly different traditions than you do in Holland. It's the same with Italians living in U.S./Canada. I noticed quite a difference when I was in Italy.
Click to expand...

Are you sure they're not Deutsch?
 
Upvote 0
SnowyMacie

SnowyMacie

Well-Known Member
Apr 12, 2011
17,008
6,087
North Texas
✟125,659.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
Anglican
Marital Status
In Relationship
Rhamiel said:
in some parts of the USA, they very early German settlers are called "Dutch" like "Pennsylvania Dutch" because the German word for German is Deutsch and this got them stuck with the name Dutch
Click to expand...

Dutch and Deutsch sound very similar. I can pronounce them differently, but I can't explain how.


Texas has a big German population as well. We're a lot different than those that settle in Pennsylvania, but in some parts of Texas you can see heavy German influence. The were German-only speaking churches as late as the 1940s in parts of Texas. It's how I'm mostly of German ancestry, and not like many Americans "a little Irish, a little English, a little German, a little Italian, etc." When I was in Germany last summer, a couple of us were talking with a German who was basically saying Americans are starting to look like their own ethnic group, and kind of went through our group and said if we looked more American or European.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Messy
Upvote 0
M

Messy

Well-Known Member
Jan 30, 2011
10,027
2,082
Holland
✟21,082.00
Gender
Female
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Single
TX_Matt said:
Are you sure they're not Deutsch?
Click to expand...
Ugly windmills, that must be Dutch lol.
Originally some went to some coast areas but since 1950 a lot went to Canada.
Today almost 400,000 people of Dutch ancestry are registered as permanently living in Canada. About 130,000 Canadians were born in the Netherlands and there are another 600,000 Canadian citizens with at least one Dutch parent.
 
  • Like
Reactions: LoveDivine and MiniEmu
Upvote 0
ReesePiece23

ReesePiece23

The Peanut Buttery Member.
Sep 17, 2013
5,839
5,314
34
✟319,421.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
  • Like
Reactions: MiniEmu, Messy and High Fidelity
Upvote 0
Saucy

Saucy

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Jul 5, 2005
46,776
19,959
Michigan
✟898,223.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Non-Denom
Marital Status
Single
Politics
US-Republican
_Tess_ said:
The guy I like is going after my friend :( SO annoying!
Pity me, guys. Pity me.
Click to expand...
Pity being sent your way :/ That always sucks.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Tess and High Fidelity
Upvote 0
High Fidelity

High Fidelity

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Feb 9, 2014
24,532
10,579
✟1,078,121.00
Country
United Kingdom
Gender
Male
Faith
Baptist
Marital Status
Private
MarkSB said:
Ugh... man, solicitors woke me up. They knocked, went away, then came back and I answered. At least I got 6 hours of sleep.

I wonder if its legal to open the door and just blast them with a Super Soaker. :D
Click to expand...

Of all the people to be able to get away with sincerely claiming assault, probably not the best ones to try it on ;)
 
  • Like
Reactions: AV1611VET and MarkSB
Upvote 0
Toro

Toro

Oh, Hello!
Jan 27, 2012
24,221
12,451
You don't get to stalk me. :|
✟354,351.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Grrr, so this is what that tickle in the back of my throat was yesterday.

I cant tell if cold or sinus infection. It moved past the tickle and started snoting all over the place. I feel like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters after seeing Slimer.

he-slimed-me.jpg


I think thats the worst part of getting sick IMO, its not that my nose doesnt feel right. Its that I become disgusting (or feel it anyway). :(
 
  • Like
Reactions: MarkSB and High Fidelity
Upvote 0
SnowyMacie

SnowyMacie

Well-Known Member
Apr 12, 2011
17,008
6,087
North Texas
✟125,659.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
Anglican
Marital Status
In Relationship
Toro said:
Grrr, so this is what that tickle in the back of my throat was yesterday.

I cant tell if cold or sinus infection. It moved past the tickle and started snoting all over the place. I feel like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters after seeing Slimer.

he-slimed-me.jpg
Click to expand...


Ghostbusters is on my list of movies I will make my kids watch. They have to know who they gotta call.
 
Upvote 0
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Postvieww
No One Is Above The Law
Replies
22
Views
546
General Politics
Postvieww
Postvieww
essentialsaltes
Chicago approves $90M payout over disgraced ex-sergeant who framed hundreds for drug crimes
Replies
0
Views
163
News & Current Events (Articles Required)
essentialsaltes
essentialsaltes
H
What Richness Are We Chasing?
Replies
0
Views
174
Daily Devotionals
hldude
H
Michie
The Catholic Church Should Be Doing What Charlie Kirk Did
Replies
0
Views
108
One Bread, One Body - Catholic
Michie
Michie
Michie
The Astounding Pop Mech Show: Death May Not Be the End of Consciousness
Replies
4
Views
506
Current News & Events (Articles Required)
JimR-OCDS
JimR-OCDS
Top Bottom
Jump to latest Follow Reply
Jump to latest Follow Reply