I thought this is a German word and wondered about it.
But I am told it's Dutch, where Winkel means shop, hence
a shopping cart. Why is shop Winkel in Dutch? I suspect
that Winkel, as in German, means angle.
On 2024-06-19, db <[email protected]> wrote:
I thought this is a German word and wondered about it.
But I am told it's Dutch, where Winkel means shop, hence
a shopping cart. Why is shop Winkel in Dutch? I suspect
that Winkel, as in German, means angle.
Apart from the modern geometric meaning of 'angle', German "Winkel"
also means 'corner': im hintersten Winkel 'in the remotest corner'.
In English you have "corner store", so a shift in meaning from
'corner' to 'shop' in Dutch is not farfetched.
I thought this is a German word and wondered about it.
But I am told it's Dutch, where Winkel means shop, hence
a shopping cart. Why is shop Winkel in Dutch? I suspect
that Winkel, as in German, means angle.
To-morrow we go to "het kapsalon". You don't want to eat that.
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:08:36 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
To-morrow we go to "het kapsalon". You don't want to eat that.
De kapsalon toch?
In both senses.
Op 20/06/2024 om 16:42 schreef Ruud Harmsen:
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:08:36 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
To-morrow we go to "het kapsalon". You don't want to eat that.
De kapsalon toch?
In both senses.
Not to me. But salon can be both m and n, says even my old Verschueren.
De salon sounds dialectish to me.
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:51:38 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
Op 20/06/2024 om 16:42 schreef Ruud Harmsen:
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:08:36 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
To-morrow we go to "het kapsalon". You don't want to eat that.
De kapsalon toch?
In both senses.
Not to me. But salon can be both m and n, says even my old Verschueren.
De salon sounds dialectish to me.
Never heard anything else all my life, in the Netherlands.
Op 20/06/2024 om 18:55 schreef Ruud Harmsen:
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:51:38 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
Op 20/06/2024 om 16:42 schreef Ruud Harmsen:
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:08:36 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
To-morrow we go to "het kapsalon". You don't want to eat that.
De kapsalon toch?
In both senses.
Not to me. But salon can be both m and n, says even my old Verschueren.
De salon sounds dialectish to me.
Never heard anything else all my life, in the Netherlands.
It could be "de salon" for the material thing, a piece of furniture. But
the room, and any organisation/exhibition like "het vakantiesalon",
always "het salon".
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:14:17 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
Op 20/06/2024 om 18:55 schreef Ruud Harmsen:
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:51:38 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva:
Op 20/06/2024 om 16:42 schreef Ruud Harmsen:
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:08:36 +0200: wugi <[email protected]d> scribeva: >>>>>> To-morrow we go to "het kapsalon". You don't want to eat that.
De kapsalon toch?
In both senses.
Not to me. But salon can be both m and n, says even my old Verschueren. >>>> De salon sounds dialectish to me.
Never heard anything else all my life, in the Netherlands.
It could be "de salon" for the material thing, a piece of furniture. But
the room, and any organisation/exhibition like "het vakantiesalon",
always "het salon".
I vaguely remember we've been on that years ago. On autosalon.
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