06-01-2014, 12:52 PM
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Re: Hello from Southern California
Welcome to you Mariska. Hope you enjoy your time on here.Pity it took you so many years to find out that Poodles have fur
and not hair which makes them virtually non allergic. Sure
you love them more now.
UJ I did some Dutch years ago when I lived there, but never saw a word of Zdrasvicha?
To Mariska Tot sinds
06-01-2014, 01:01 PM
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Re: Hello from Southern California
Originally Posted by BowieEyes
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Welcome to you Mariska. Hope you enjoy your time on here.Pity it took you so many years to find out that Poodles have fur
and not hair which makes them virtually non allergic. Sure
you love them more now.
UJ I did some Dutch years ago when I lived there, but never saw a word of Zdrasvicha?
To Mariska Tot sinds
Sandy darlin' - with a name like Mariska, notwithstanding her Dutch origin, it is possible that her predessors are or were Russian and therefore Zdrasvicha is the Russian form of 'Hello'.
06-01-2014, 04:10 PM
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Re: Hello from Southern California
Sorry, nothing exciting like Russian ancestors in my ancestor tree. My mom just thought Mariska was a nice name. I was told the origin of the name is Hungarian. The only non-Dutch blood I have comes from Belgium, on my dad's side, but that dates way back to somewhere in the late 1600's and early 1700's. Dutch 'hello' is a boring 'hallo', or 'hoi', with 'hoi' being informal.@BowieEyes: Where did you live in the Netherlands?
08-01-2014, 07:53 PM
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Re: Hello from Southern California
Hi MariskaHope you have settled in now. I went to Gouda and then got a job in Amsterdam as a Nanny for two little girls. I lived on the Weesperzijde
by the River Amstel for a year, then went home to Leeds, Yorkshire.
The two little ones taught me Dutch and so did Mevrouw. They were little devils and my first words they taught me were poop op de stoop.
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