[Buddha-l] David Loy

[Joy Vriens]

>>hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan  
>>hinase hi(c) (e)nda thu  
>>uu(at) unbida(n) (uu)e nu  
  
>Dr. Paevler, no further evidence of your erudition was needed, yet you astonish us once again with this impeccable quote of the eldest Dutch sentence known to us. This sentence is the pride of the Dutch language. It doesn't have any religious significance, nor does it mean "How much is this going to cost us?". It means something like "All birds have started building their nests, except you and I." Not every language can pride itself of having a pick up line as its eldest occurrence.  
I just sadly discovered through Wikipedia, this wasn't the oldest Dutch fragment anymore. As could be feared the oldest fragment is indeed a religious quote: 

‘Gelobistu in Got alamehtigan fadaer?’ (Do you believe in God, the almighty father?).  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebban_olla_vogala 

Joy