Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!

[odin]

Cos mantje or manje just looks and sounds silly :-).

[redrumloa]

A little slower than usual this week. Three out of five are sold. There are still two units available with bad flopy drives. I have had people put feelers on them in the last 24 hours so they could go at any time.. :-?

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And then there was one... going going..:-D

[Cyberus]

@ Odin

So the difference between man and mannet is...nothing?
I have been teaching myself some Dutch, and I would like to know! Thanks

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Cyberus wrote:
@speelgoedmannetje

err, thanks...I suppose...

speelgoed is 'toy' in English, I know
but what does mannet mean?

mannetje means man (but belittled)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

EpyxWork wrote:
It translates to "little man" or "little boy" either works.

The root word means man or male. The je at the end of a dutch word implies it is tiny or small.

So translated literally it would loosely mean "ToyBoy". So I think the author is having a bit of fun  with the word "BoyToy"

I am referring to a song of my favorite dutch standup comedian who does not take himself all too serious.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Cyberus wrote:
@ Odin

So the difference between man and mannet is...nothing?
I have been teaching myself some Dutch, and I would like to know! Thanks

"mannet" means doesn't mean anything in Dutch
it is making the word to be able to be belittled.

[x56h34]

@aardvark:

You are so right about UPS. I would only go by them if I am receiving something that I REALLY, REALLY want and the sender does not want to ship by other method, but by choice...I would always avoid them.

I think that the catch is that UPS charges GST and PST (Canadian taxes), PLUS customs charges, if what you are receiving was a sale from abroad!!!  :-o  :-x  :madashell:  :boohoo:  :pissed:

 :flame:UPS:destroy:

[EpyxWork]

@Cyberus

Correct and as Speelgoedmannetje already mentioned it allows the word to be made small.

The extra letters just allow the suffix to be added to make grammatical sense is all.

Just like in some english words you have to change the root word somewhat when adding a suffix.

[Cyberus]

EpyxWork wrote:
@Cyberus

Correct and as Speelgoedmannetje already mentioned it allows the word to be made small.

The extra letters just allow the suffix to be added to make grammatical sense is all.

Just like in some english words you have to change the root word somewhat when adding a suffix.

Ah, I understand now! Thanks!