On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jarvis, Robert P. (Contingent) wrote:

> > From: G.J.Tielemans at dinkel.utwente.nl
> > I think that I even can remember one Dutch word that could
> > not be translated
> >
> > in American English: gezellig.
>
> The obvious thing would be for English speakers to adopt "gezellig" into the
> language.  In that vein, can you give us some idea of what "gezellig" means?
> Does it have a counterpart in German or French?  (I'm not trying to be a
> smart-ass here, just trying to understand).

Have a look at:
http://itsdutch.com/f_gezel.html


Which aims to explain it for us English speakers.

Regards,
Aaron

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