Fountain Pen University: Dutch 101

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Fountain Pen Geeks, in close association with Fountain Pen University, proudly presents the first in an extensive series of on-line video lectures that will cover basic fountain pen terminology in languages other than English.

Lecture: FP Dutch 101
Presenter: SBRE Brown as Professor Tarquin Danglebury
Quiz: Downloadable PDF quiz below video.

Quiz:
Test what you’ve learned by downloading this PDF Quiz.

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FPGeeks and FPU are looking for guest lecturers.
If you would like to present fountain pen terms in your native language, let us know. We’ll be happy to give you complete details. Write to us at:

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  • Lili

    This is hilarious. The Doc is a good sport and has a wonderful sense of humor. Of course, we all learned new words, right?

    • Stephen Brown

      Thanks, glad you like it!

  • Keith E Bartlett

    Stephen, you are completely bonkers but brilliant.

    • Stephen Brown

      Thank you ;-) . This was Eric’s idea, I just executed it!

  • Maartje

    I’m Dutch, and even I learned some things! Had never thought about what a barrel and a section might be called in my own language.

    Curse you subjects I can only talk about properly in English!

    • Stephen Brown

      Well, I actually had to sit down and think about some of these terms! Isn’t it funny how we can talk about these things in English, but now in our own language? Must be a byproduct of the internet age :-) .

      • Breck

        English is endangering the whole World!

  • Joost Plattèl

    @stephan ben van mijn stoel gerold van het lachen / you are so funny

    • Stephen Brown

      Goed zo, dat was de bedoeling :-) !

  • Michel de Montreal

    Well done ol’ chap, I just sent my application for French, I can do proper traditional french and french canadian, how about them apples ;)

    • Stephen Brown

      That’s just what we need, Professor Mike :-) !

    • http://twitter.com/sakisaki6 SakiVI

      Be sure to discuss tea.

  • Ns_Zhivago

    I guess the fountain pen world has rooking hazing too. And did Eric suggest you dress up like Mother Goose?
    ;-D
    No, quite funny and interesting. Thanks.

    • Stephen Brown

      You’re welcome :-) . I thought the deerstalker cap would add a prefessorial look ;-) .

      • Breck

        What would Holmes do?

  • Mary Burke

    Featuring our Conway Stewart Model 100, Professor Tarquin Danglebury interestingly translates the fountain pen parts from English into the Dutch language.
    Fun to watch and useful if you wish to travel to Holland!

    • Stephen Brown

      And I really enjoy that pen, too :-) !

  • Maja

    Clip…clip…Clip…clip…Clip…clip.
    LOL!!
    Love the accent and the whole idea of the FPGeeks Language Academy. Well done :)

    • Stephen Brown

      Glad you like it :-) .

  • The Ruffled Quill

    Great sport Stephen

  • ethernautrix

    Okay! Got it! Put the inkt in the convertert for fullpen to workt. Wait, clip or clip? The difference is subtle, and I want to make sure I’m understood the next time I’m in Amsterdam.
    I recall (years ago) asking in French papeteries, “avez-vous un plume refill?” and waving my Pentel Ceramicron at the clerk.
    Hilarious language lesson, Doctor…Tarquin Danglebury? (Ha ha ha! Great!) In the USA, a punt usually means it’s fourth down and greater than ten.

    • Stephen Brown

      See, your experience in France demonstrates the utility of the FPGeeks Language Academy :-) .

  • http://twitter.com/sakisaki6 SakiVI

    Funny how the University of Cambridge looks a lot like Stephen’s room…

    • Stephen Brown

      All smart people’s rooms look like that :-P .

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