September 23, 2007

Dutch hiphop: the crying rappers

Filed under: Music by Branko Collin @ 3:35 pm
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The Geen Commentaar blog (No Comment) reviews (Dutch) Dutch hiphoppers De Huilende Rappers (The Crying Rappers); apparently their flows are ill, their beats are sick, and a doctor is nowhere to be found. With their nonsensical lyrics, and funny voices and accents they sound like a grown up (*cough*) version of another Dutch hiphop act, De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig. De Huilende Rappers are from Groningen in the “far” North, and mix the local language with Dutch. They publish their music at Myspace. So far I myself like Butje (‘tard) the best.

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April 27, 2007

Dutch humour at work not a big hit

Filed under: General by Orangemaster @ 11:38 am
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It appears that major European managers do not appreciate Dutch humour. Only 4% of top managers think the Dutch are funny, according to this year’s UPS Europe Business Monitor. Some 1,450 top managers from seven European countries gave their opnion.

British humour came out on top. Some 34% of Belgians, French, Germans, Italians, Dutch, Spanish and British found the British the funniest. Interestingly enough, the biggest fans of British humour are the Brits themselves, as 59% chose their fellow countrymen. The Dutch and Germans aren’t funny, and the least funny of all are the Danish, Austrians and Swedes.

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