We’re currently watching Celtic vs MLS All-Stars on ESPN2. and Celtic’s Dutch player Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink comes on screen…
Her: What’s his name? Is it where he comes from? Do All Dutch people do that?
Me (quoting Wikipedia): “His name – the longest in European football – derives from the 17th century, when two farming families in the Enschede area of the Netherlands intermarried. Both the Vennegoor and Hesselink names carried equal social weight, and so – rather than choose between them – they chose to use both. “Of” in Dutch translates to “or” in English, which would mean that a strict translation of his name would read ‘Jan Vennegoor or Hesselink’.” So there…
Her: Oh, so he has a conjunction in his name? I thought it was a preposition.
Just awesome… You can’t make this stuff up. To make it even better, MLS is beating Celtic 2-0 at half time. Shame about the David Beckham over saturation, I wish they would concentrate on the game that’s being played, not some muppet in the stands.
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gregs…i thought his name was jan whatever…and he came from hesseilnk..uncle willbur put me right after having a laugh mum xxxor dad would say DOH!!