is it difficult to speak English?

Candy   Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:50 pm GMT
Yeah, it would be a crap real name, wouldn't it??
Don't think anyone would take me seriously....
(not sure if they do anyway...) :-)
Sander   Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:54 pm GMT
I can imagine people who are really called 'candy' but I think it's a bit too sweet ;-)

Eh, you do know 'Sander' is my real name?
Candy   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:08 pm GMT
Is it really?
I think Candy is a real name, but it's sickly....nice for a little girl, maybe. I chose it for a joke really! :) Some people I know called their daughter Poppy which is sweet, but can you imagine her ever being Prime Minister??
Sander   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:11 pm GMT
Yes it is, but this seems to pose a lot of problems for some people...

They call me 'SanderS' after some American chicking killer or think it's deriver from 'sand' ...
Sander   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:16 pm GMT
deriver = derived
Candy   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:16 pm GMT
Is it short for Alexander, or an independent name? Is it popular in NL?
Sander   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:17 pm GMT
It's independant, it's not so popular, but there are people who're called Sander.
Candy   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:19 pm GMT
My real name has about 27 different spellings, and nobody ever ever gets it right.......:(
Sander   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:20 pm GMT
Could you, you know... give me hint? :-)
Candy   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:22 pm GMT
Possibly, via PM....but it'll have to wait till tomorrow....I'm off to bed in a few minutes as it's 10.20 and I have to be up before 6am!! :(
G'night all!!
Sander   Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:23 pm GMT
Slaap lekker!
Adam   Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:12 am GMT
"(BTW, spent last weekend in the Netherlands...great time!) "

Was it not boring?
Candy   Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:13 am GMT
<<Was it not boring? >>

No. I had a great time, as stated. I *like* the Netherlands a lot. (Going again for the weekend in 2 weeks).
Adam   Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:14 am GMT
"Adam's mum in Dundee"

You're right - my mum IS Scottish (I'm half English, half Scottish), but she used to live in Castlemilk, not Dundee.
Adam   Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:16 am GMT
"Oooh, in the Netherlands that must be quite some distance! At least....one hour!! (GASP!!)
(And I thought England was a small country!) :-) "

England is about 5 times larger than the Netherlands. Britain is about 10 times larger.

Us in Britain happily travel the equivalent length of the whole of Holland just to go and buy a newspaper from the shop.