I've got a couple of things bugging me today. Mostly cartoons, but other Dutch weirdnesses too. I mean:
Why do schools here always brag about how few foreigners they have? They proudly say things like "Almost all of our children are Dutch. No foreigners. And the foreign children we do have are all well-assimilated. Not many dark people at all, and only a few Muslims." Is this like, the goal? Dutch people: Don't keep whining about how different you are from the Germans when you encourage this kind of parent-teacher conversation.
Which brings me to cartoons. Dora here is American and speaks English. In the US, she's Mexican-American and speaks Spanish. So it's wicked funny when she visits her grandparents who are like, wearing ponchos and have pet llamas and says stuff like "Dit is mijn opa - 'my grandfather.'" It's like, dude, that's your abuelo, ok?
I actually like that, though. It shows a little about how diverse it is in the US and that everyone is different - but they're still American. Unlike some countries we could mention, Holland.
(As an aside, I overheard D saying to my son one time "Have you ever noticed how Dora needs your help for EVERYTHING? I mean, can't she do anything alone?")
On Boomerang, they have all these great classic cartoons that I remember watching as a kid -or as my stepdaughter calls them "old-fashioned cartoons." Thanks, kid.
My son likes Popeye and I got to thinking, what's up with Olive Oil? Are there NO other women in town? How come they're so hung up on her if she's such a fickle bitch?
Attention Fireman Sam - There are about four people who live in your town. Does it concern you at all that there is a fire on almost EVERY episode? Someone is doing something wrong.
OK, my son is hanging on my because he wants to play a computer game. "Mama, het duurt zo LANG!" His catchphrase.
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Have you seen the episode of Dora when she wants to walk across some crocodiles in a river? They speak English, naturally, so she says, "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" to ask them, ever so nicely, to close their mouths so she can do so. Heh.
I like that in Dutch Dora doesn't speak with exclamation points at the end of every bloody sentence. Far less annoying than the English version.
How about the one where they have to say the "secret word" to open the witch's door. No one can guess what it is. Finally they they figure out that it's "open" - you know, the same as in Dutch.
I agree on Dora's voice, but could you just strangle Boots the Dutch monkey? What an annoying frigging voice.
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