All ‘single-language’ sections deal with items pertinent to that particular language - most of the points are covered in the Dutch-English and English-Dutch sections. More items will be added as and when they are picked up in conversation or brought to the web-editor’s attention by e-mail or otherwise. Billion has fewer noughts in some languages than others - 9 (am.,fl.,fr.) vs 12 (du.,en.) Generally: look out for verbs ending in -d, -t, or -dt; and the ‘composite -en-’ which replaces ‘-e-’ after the latest spelling revision (as in pannenkoek vs. pannekoek. Honours are more openly acknowledged in the UK than in the Netherlands, where the equivalent would be the ‘Koninklijke Onderscheiding’ of which there are two: ‘Orde van Oranje-Nassau’ and ‘Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw’. Links to more information: www.onderscheidingen.nl/nl/index.html (inventory) www.lintjes.nl (how to apply) www.onderscheidingen.nl/nl/medailles/orden/on.html www.onderscheidingen.nl/nl/batons/sheet01.html (batons) www.allesopeenrij.nl/index.html?page=http://www.allesopeenrij.nl/lijsten/monarchie/orde_oranjenassau.html (also many other lists about the Netherlands) //nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridder_in_de_Orde_van_Oranje-Nassau Bird names and pictures: rspb.org.uk/birds/guide and birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide allow you to show a picture and some particulars, thus enabling your Dutch friends to come up with their version of the bird’s name. (hint: if all else fails, copy the bird’s latin name and search or zoek ... ) Tongbrekers (tongue twisters) - uebersetzung.at/twister/nl.htm | 
