[Dutch Lock Down Day Five Hundred Thirteen]
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If you read “yesterday’s” post all the way to the end you may have noticed that I closed it with “Vegetables”.
It’s a Dutch Thing.
Sort of.
More of a Rain Thing.
But first the news:
- Two military personnel banned from foreign tours for refusing vaccine
- Lower immunity against respiratory viruses could mean Covid measures in Fall, expert says
- Coronavirus press conference: In-person teaching to resume in higher education
The normal sign off at the end of an email or letter is ‘groeten’ which means ‘greetings’.
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But when we first moved to the Netherlands, and, let’s be honest, for several years and maybe even as recent as this past year, I *often* got it wrong and added an ‘n’ making it ‘groenten’ which is ‘vegetables’.
Cause I’m made of awesomeness.