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While sitting bored in my A level European history class i noticed how Eisen (i got it from Eisenhower) would make a good name for a boy. I really like it at the moment, so what are your opinions?
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Very unusal. I actually like it!
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I think it a lot. Usually I dislike made up names (Caden, Hayden, etc. I diplore), but this one seems classy and normal sounding. Like it has been a name forever. I also like the fact that it means Iron in German. It also means "demands" in Dutch, which is a little less nice, but thankfully Dutch will be extinct within a few more genrations.
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I agree with you about liking Eisen, and the meaning is cool. But why will Dutch soon be extinct?
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Maybe I'm horribly wrong, but this is how I see it:
If the EU remains, Europe will become more and more integrated. Larger languages will start snuffing out smaller ones. Dutch will be one of the first to go. This language has always been very quick to take up foreign words and phrases. Today, quite a few English words are used in everyday language. English is used almost more than Dutch in marketing campaigns. Radio jockeys who want to sound cultured or cool will say “Next call” or “We have prizes”. People find it very posh to say “beautiful” instead of “mooi”. -It drives me nuts when I’m there, because it all sounds incredibly idiotic.- Schools which only have lessons in English or French, while still rare, are becoming more popular. Us Dutch also have no real sense of pride when about our language compared to other people. This is shown by how very, very, few Dutch immigrants to English speaking countries (myself included)teach their children Dutch.
In five, six, seven generations, maybe less, maybe more, I don't believe Dutch children will be learning Dutch as their first language.
I don't see it as a bad thing though. Communication in this day and age is much more streamlined then it used to be, and it is inevitable that a few languages disappear
If the EU remains, Europe will become more and more integrated. Larger languages will start snuffing out smaller ones. Dutch will be one of the first to go. This language has always been very quick to take up foreign words and phrases. Today, quite a few English words are used in everyday language. English is used almost more than Dutch in marketing campaigns. Radio jockeys who want to sound cultured or cool will say “Next call” or “We have prizes”. People find it very posh to say “beautiful” instead of “mooi”. -It drives me nuts when I’m there, because it all sounds incredibly idiotic.- Schools which only have lessons in English or French, while still rare, are becoming more popular. Us Dutch also have no real sense of pride when about our language compared to other people. This is shown by how very, very, few Dutch immigrants to English speaking countries (myself included)teach their children Dutch.
In five, six, seven generations, maybe less, maybe more, I don't believe Dutch children will be learning Dutch as their first language.
I don't see it as a bad thing though. Communication in this day and age is much more streamlined then it used to be, and it is inevitable that a few languages disappear
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Really. How interesting. For some reason, I thought that Dutch was being replaced by German. That would make more sense. I suppose in someparts of the US, Spanish is having a similar effect, although not to that level. I remember that my college roommates and I sometimes liked to use Spanish phrases instead of English just to show off! Would it make you happier if German replaced Dutch (since your languages are closely related) instead of French or English?
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No, not really. The fact that Dutch is slowely bing replaced doesn't really make me unhappy. German, English, it doesn't make a difference to me.
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Me too, but I wouldn't use it because it doesn't have any history on its own.
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I think it's cool
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Eisen is the German word for iron. It's not a name.
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ignore
This message was edited 10/1/2006, 7:11 AM
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not so fond of this one.
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