So glad I found your channel. I'm from the UK married to my Dutch husband with our 2 kids. My husband loves his licorice...for me, not too keen. Yes, the Dutch mayo is nice 👌 also love curry ketchup 😋 I didn't realise orange was a celebration colour x x
Thanks Jess! Normally I would only wear orange for King's Day or for football (that is, if we get to participate in the European/world cup...!) I assume we wear orange because of the last name of our royal family (van Oranje-Nassau). Have a look at the video on quirky British habits, would be interesting to see if you agree!
TO MY IDEA there are more than 13 habits :) There is something similar in Finland to the salty liquorice you describe: they call it "salmiakki" I found "hagelslag" less strange than "muisjes" (both blue and pink!). Frietjes met pindasaus... zalig...
Funny how salmiakki in Finish is similar to "salmiak", which exactly describes the flavour of this liquorice. Beschuit met muisjes ("little mice") and geboortekaartjes apparently are not normal anywhere else!
WE actaully have something called salmiak here. (which is basically just ammoniumchloride) and it's just in a lot of liqourice. I dont feel muisjes are eaten a lot besides when a baby is born, they're not something most people would eat on a regular basis. a "Frietje Oorlog"(fries w/ peanutsaus, unions and mayo) is what I live for.
There IS a translation for gezellig. It's coming from a very old dutch word: Gezel. Which means partner. Metgezel is a similar word. Gezel is partner, but metgezel could be someone you're travelling with for instance and who's accompanying you temporarily. Metgezel doesn't state a particular relationship beyond "present with me at the moment". Gezel means life partner, so you can translate gezellig as partner-ish. It really is about the bond you are experiencing when together with others. It is about closeness and being together and feeling good together. Be that two persons or 2000. :) I have wondered about what an English person says, when entering an establishment with a particularly good atmosphere... Like, people having a really good time. I mean, what's the first exclamation you make to describe that when you enter? For us that's "ooh! Gezellig!"
Thanks for pointing this out. Most often I associate situations that involves people with "gezellig" but not necessarily, a city can also have a "gezellig" atmosphere? Like for instance the quaint streets in York where you do shopping?
@@MarloesPeeters Absolutely,. Windowshopping at christmas? Gezellig. People just walking through a mall... gezellig. A small village all puts up lights in their garden? ooh, gezellig! It's a cozy/comfortable feeling. And when you see those shopping streets you love, then it holds that gezellig for you! A race fan might find 20000 orange fans gezellig, while a hermit might find a sheep in a neighbors field gezellig or a bird that comes sing on his roof. It's more about the feeling than the situation. But I agree mostly it's used with people.
i agree except for the part that you don't neccesarily need to be with others to find something gezellig.. for example a room with a big couch while it snows outside and a fireplace in the middle with some hot chocolate would defenitelly be something i'd call Gezellig.. i wouldn't need anyone else to be there.. maybe a tv with some netflix and a blanket to wrap myself into and i'd basically be in heaven
@@litchtheshinigami8936 For me it's hearing the rain while you're being knus (cozy) inside in the warmth with a blanky and a nice cup of thee or hot chocolate, your favorite music playing and... reading a good book. But most important of all... my cat laying on or with me purring!
Indeed, the ammonium chloride gives our salty liquorice that very distinct flavour (you have to like it, I have not found many non-Dutchies who actually enjoy it)
With congratulating other people I mean other family members. I have seen this happening often, and giving three kisses on the cheeks to congratulate people is also considered pretty strange in most countries
*you forgot one fing miss a lot of Dutch people in the past and before the pandemic they did n't wash their hands after they finish their business in the toilet but during and after pandemic they all did!* 😅
"Homy" can have different meanings. Even negative ones. If you call a girl homy, you are actually saying you find her ugly or at least not very attractive.
So glad I found your channel. I'm from the UK married to my Dutch husband with our 2 kids. My husband loves his licorice...for me, not too keen. Yes, the Dutch mayo is nice 👌 also love curry ketchup 😋 I didn't realise orange was a celebration colour x x
Thanks Jess! Normally I would only wear orange for King's Day or for football (that is, if we get to participate in the European/world cup...!) I assume we wear orange because of the last name of our royal family (van Oranje-Nassau). Have a look at the video on quirky British habits, would be interesting to see if you agree!
@@MarloesPeeters will do, ill check it out later x x
@@JessvanDalfsen You both might like Jovie's Home too :)
@@SwirlingSoul yes I'm subscribed to her too x
Very fair and true assessment.
Thanks!
TO MY IDEA there are more than 13 habits :)
There is something similar in Finland to the salty liquorice you describe: they call it "salmiakki"
I found "hagelslag" less strange than "muisjes" (both blue and pink!). Frietjes met pindasaus... zalig...
Funny how salmiakki in Finish is similar to "salmiak", which exactly describes the flavour of this liquorice. Beschuit met muisjes ("little mice") and geboortekaartjes apparently are not normal anywhere else!
WE actaully have something called salmiak here. (which is basically just ammoniumchloride) and it's just in a lot of liqourice.
I dont feel muisjes are eaten a lot besides when a baby is born, they're not something most people would eat on a regular basis. a "Frietje Oorlog"(fries w/ peanutsaus, unions and mayo) is what I live for.
@@MarloesPeeters don't forget the toilet birthday calendars !
@@litchtheshinigami8936 Good call! I do have a calendar but I would never think about putting it in the toilet in the UK...
honestly, we dutch are just strange people in general. lovely, but strange
I never considered are habits to be "strange" until I moved abroad!
Excellent vid by the legendary Marloes "Mar du Loes" Peeters
There IS a translation for gezellig. It's coming from a very old dutch word: Gezel. Which means partner. Metgezel is a similar word. Gezel is partner, but metgezel could be someone you're travelling with for instance and who's accompanying you temporarily. Metgezel doesn't state a particular relationship beyond "present with me at the moment".
Gezel means life partner, so you can translate gezellig as partner-ish. It really is about the bond you are experiencing when together with others. It is about closeness and being together and feeling good together. Be that two persons or 2000. :)
I have wondered about what an English person says, when entering an establishment with a particularly good atmosphere... Like, people having a really good time. I mean, what's the first exclamation you make to describe that when you enter?
For us that's "ooh! Gezellig!"
Thanks for pointing this out. Most often I associate situations that involves people with "gezellig" but not necessarily, a city can also have a "gezellig" atmosphere? Like for instance the quaint streets in York where you do shopping?
@@MarloesPeeters Absolutely,. Windowshopping at christmas? Gezellig. People just walking through a mall... gezellig. A small village all puts up lights in their garden? ooh, gezellig!
It's a cozy/comfortable feeling. And when you see those shopping streets you love, then it holds that gezellig for you! A race fan might find 20000 orange fans gezellig, while a hermit might find a sheep in a neighbors field gezellig or a bird that comes sing on his roof. It's more about the feeling than the situation. But I agree mostly it's used with people.
You got it I'm Dutch and live in Phoenix my family all in Holland
i agree except for the part that you don't neccesarily need to be with others to find something gezellig.. for example a room with a big couch while it snows outside and a fireplace in the middle with some hot chocolate would defenitelly be something i'd call Gezellig.. i wouldn't need anyone else to be there.. maybe a tv with some netflix and a blanket to wrap myself into and i'd basically be in heaven
@@litchtheshinigami8936
For me it's hearing the rain while you're being knus (cozy) inside in the warmth with a blanky and a nice cup of thee or hot chocolate, your favorite music playing and... reading a good book. But most important of all... my cat laying on or with me purring!
The salt in licorice isn’t normal salt (NaCl) but ammonium chloride (NH4Cl).
Indeed, the ammonium chloride gives our salty liquorice that very distinct flavour (you have to like it, I have not found many non-Dutchies who actually enjoy it)
@@MarloesPeeters i know several Germans who do but they have also their own licorice.
I’m from the netherlands but never heard you congratulation the other people in de room
With congratulating other people I mean other family members. I have seen this happening often, and giving three kisses on the cheeks to congratulate people is also considered pretty strange in most countries
@@MarloesPeeters i know what you mean and that’s a thing the do in the north. I’m living in the south, think that’s the reason i never heard of it
@@piepers1988 : I am from Roosendaal :)
@@MarloesPeeters i am from limburg, we don’t do that here. Small country with many different habits
the birthday thing appears to be really inconvenient, and liquorice may be divisive but the rest seems pretty normal to me.
It depends on where you are from I guess... to me it is all "normal" too but most of my friends in the UK seem to disagree!
The audio is a little bit low/soft..but good video
Thanks for flagging this up! Will try to keep this in mind for next videos
It is strange that the rest of the world does not have these habits.
I agree, nothing wrong with those habits!
only one letter first name in chocolate.
You mean for Sinterklaas? I used to think I was lucky since M was a big letter but it turns out all letters have the same amount of chocolate...
We eat fries sauce with our fries
It looks like mayonnaise
But that's not mayonnaise
it doesn't even taste like mayonnaise
Agree! Nothing beats mayonnaise on chips, peanut sauce is a good second one if we are talking about Dutch habits...
Friet saus? Wat is dat nou weer, je hebt het toch niet over de saus van de mc of wel??
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@@sjefkerolleman2094 thanks for sharing this! This is how disappointed I am about fries with "mayonnaise" in the UK...
*you forgot one fing miss a lot of Dutch people in the past and before the pandemic they did n't wash their hands after they finish their business in the toilet but during and after pandemic they all did!* 😅
Gezellig translate to homy
In many situations I think that would work. But "gezellig" can also be outside of the home (meeting friends for instance)
step-google what are you doing? 😂😂
"Homy" can have different meanings. Even negative ones. If you call a girl homy, you are actually saying you find her ugly or at least not very attractive.