Hert pilotenmodel bleef stoer en onver-minderd aantrekkelijk, maar het mocht ook gerust wat frivoler. Bling-bling avant la lettre.
Thanks for you help!
2007-09-06 07:44:35 · 10 answers · asked by Lisa 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The translation in Dutch is
The pilot model remained tough and didn't lose a bit of its attractivity, but it could easily have been somewhat more frivolous. It was BlingBling before the term became popular.
Just to understand it, it is about a suit or jacket as worn by an airline pilot. Apparantly there had been a change in design, in the way the most airlines will update there clothing from time to time.
The terms Blingbling and avant la lettre are expressions in their own right (you can use them untranslated in english and dutch). Blingbling is the culture of tacky shining jewelry and accessories (as long as it glitters), starting on the afro scene but ow popular worldwide. The term 'avant la lettre' is french and literally means 'before it was written down on paper', meaning that in todays world people would call it blingbling, but at the time (apprantly longer than a decade) the word had not been invented yet.
2007-09-06 09:15:10 · answer #1 · answered by Oscar 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's in Dutch...but this sentence, 'Bling-bling avant la lettre' is in French. I can't help you with the Dutch, but I know that avant la lettre is a French idiom, it means before the term (or phrase) existed. Bling-bling is an English slang, the term refers to expensive things like jewelery and such.
2007-09-06 07:58:20 · answer #2 · answered by don't stop the music ♪ 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
"Bling bling" actually is just supposed to be the sound platinum makes when it clinks together. It's not supposed to mean jewelry. So, that's all I can answer, just the Ebonics part of the paragraph!
2007-09-06 08:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by Kenny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's dutch.
2007-09-06 08:12:48 · answer #4 · answered by Falco 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My grandmother was Dutch
2007-09-06 07:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
It looks Scandanavian.
2007-09-06 07:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by Rob B 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I think Scandinavian. Maybe Norwegian, but I can't be sure.
2007-09-06 07:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by jurassicbeaver 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I'm pretty sure it is definatly french but I don't know what it says
2007-09-06 07:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by ♫Kat D♫ 3 · 0⤊ 7⤋
Pig Latin. It says Hillary is a pig.
2007-09-06 07:48:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
its backwards
2007-09-06 07:48:15 · answer #10 · answered by leogdramageek 1 · 0⤊ 6⤋