Wednesday 11 May 2005

Koning of konijn?

A story I heard on Koninginnenacht, told by Burgemeester Cohen -- mayor of Amsterdam.

The open air concert was held in Dam square, in front of the palace. Normally a new king or queen addresses the crowd from that palace.

Years ago, when Louis Napoleon assumed power of The Netherlands, he stood in front of that palace. Addressing people of Amsterdam, he stated, "Ik ben jouw konijn." (I am your rabbit.)

Eventually he wanted to say, "Ik ben jouw koning." (I am your king.) But, well, he managed to say 'konijn'.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

konijn dilafalkannya seperti apa Vit?

Savitri said...

kurang lebih ko-nain (ai-nya diftong).