Do you have to visit the IND, are your children doing VWO

and do you live in a Vinex area? Can you recognise BN’ers

and do you know BOB? Have you got a DigiD and are you

paying OZB? If this all sounds like double Dutch, then you

need this book!

This fully revised edition of A Dictionary of Dutchness has 400

entries to help unravel the acronyms, abbreviations and

jargon of everyday life in the Netherlands.

‘This book will help make the Netherlands more welcoming to

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This dictionary examines and explains every single word (c. 3.350) that appears in Catullus’ poems – with the exception of the generally rejected poems 18-20 – and aims to lend a hand to the numerous poetry lovers and students, who bravely set out to explore his work.

There are many excellent English translations of Catullus’ poetry. The suggestions for translation in this dictionary are indications, which may clarify Catullus’ words. This book aims to be a tool for more contemporar...