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Old May 25th, 2019 #10
ColdFire
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Talking Eduard Van Halen

. . . you know . . we have a saying here in Germany which translates as "Every Dutchman is of royalty . . They all have the name 'van' . ."

lol

Explanation: German royalty mostly bears the last name "von" so and so.

"Von Preussen" ;"Von der Mühlen", and such . . . that translates as "of" . . . like "Charles of Wales"; "William of Orange" etc . .

It means their origin.

The Dutch word 'van' has the same meaning as the German 'von' ,of.

However . . that doesn't really mean every Dutch person is of royalty . . .


Merely joking..

That custom has different roots.

In German the name would be 'Eduard van Halen' ,pronounced 'E-doo-ard-fun-Hulen' , cleared up for people of English pronounciation . .

I admit ,when I was a kid in the 80's and first heard the band name 'Van Halen' I was like: "What . . . a band naming itself after royalty . . .?!!"

. . I was still young back then.

. . so , Dutch people may often carry the name 'van', yet , they're not all from royalty . .

Not even anemic royalty.




Just joking . .

Nothing against our Dutch brothers / sisters