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Hey everyone!

I have a special thing for you today.

It's called New Word Monday.
Not to be confused with Wednesday's Word, which has sadly, taken a break.
But you should watch for a new one this week.
I'll be at my computer a lot more now that I have A JOB! (More on this later...)

 Today's new word is this:

Ganzenveer

It's Dutch.

And it means 'quill'. Like a quill you would use to write with if you were someone like, say, Benjamin Franklin. Not because he's Benjamin Franklin, but because he's old like that.

Seriously. How many people do you know who write with quills nowadays? In fact, how many people do you know who actually use a pen to write with instead of a keyboard? Hmmmm? Can you imagine me sending each one of you a handwritten letter like this every time I wanted to tell you my thoughts? You might be a little concerned about my well being if that were the case. Instead I just type my words, and publish them for the whole world to see.

Unsettling?

So anyways, if you were to use this Dutch word in a sentence, it would go like this:

(in Dutch of course)

Vroeger schreven de schrijvers met inkt en een ganzenveer.

Translation?

In the old times, writers wrote with ink and a quill.

If you would like to know how to speak like a Dutchman, well, you're in luck. I just so happen to be 1/2 Dutch. That would probably explain my overactive salivary glands and my love for cheese, because in order to speak this language, you must be a really phlegmy person. You know, someone who has a lot of spit in the back of their throats? So try saying the above phrase without swallowing your saliva and be sure to pronounce your g's like h's, and your v's like f's.

Oh, when you say a word with an 'sch', pretend you're clearing your throat.

That's pretty much how to speak Dutch.

Now you know.