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[โ€“] Alcatorda 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The most well known Dutch dictionary is made by Van Dale, and it's a big book so we call it the Dikke Van Dale, which translates to Thick/Fat/Lard-Ass Van Dale.

[โ€“] pyre 1 points 2 weeks ago

yeah I looked it up and saw "thick van dale" as a nickname, but I thought it might be a weird translation. makes sense there would be more names.