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Fun fact: The surname Pannekoek (pancake) is correctly spelled without the n you find in the nickname pannenkoek2012 which is also correctly spelled. The Dutch rules of spelling changed: if a word is the concatenation of two words of which the first one can be put in plural form by appending ‘en’ the formerly correct spelling of just an ‘e’ became wrong and needed to be spelled with the extra ‘n’, e.g. ‘sterrestof’ -> ‘sterrenstof’ (stardust). This rule holds except when there is only one instance of the first word: Koninginnedag (Queens Day) or zonnesteek (heat stroke, literally sun sting).


I'm glad that you find that a fun fact. A little esoteric for me, but for those that like it, go nuts. /non-s


I found it lots of fun!




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