The Terminator
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:11 am
From languagehat:
Nothing wrong with that use of 'terminate', is there? Kind of ironic that a Dutch person is saying the Dutch don't know English by criticizing what seems to actually be very much a correct use of a word.
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001781.phpGreat blog!! This kind of un-English exists because the Dutch think that they (That is, we) know English. We don't. We just speak Dutch with English words, and sometimes just English-sounding will do...Just an example (and I stop there because Dunglish is a very popular small-talk subject an any party and any Dutch person could go on & on about it),a howler very frequently heard in trains approaching their terminal: "In a few minutes we will arrive at The Hague Central Station...This train will terminate here." It is amazing that The Hague Central Station stil stands with all those trains apparently all exploding there.
Nothing wrong with that use of 'terminate', is there? Kind of ironic that a Dutch person is saying the Dutch don't know English by criticizing what seems to actually be very much a correct use of a word.
