[blml] dutch queen

Alain Gottcheiner agot at ulb.ac.be
Mon Nov 6 12:50:07 CET 2006


At 18:51 4/11/2006 +0100, you wrote:
>Am not Dutch and don't speak the language.  What is the dutch name for
>diamonds?  Is it also karo?  This might influence a decision.  JE

No univocal answer to that one. The official name is "ruiten", but you'll 
occasionally hear "karo" (as well as "sansatout") in the Netherlands, which 
means the word shouldn't have been totally unknown of them, and the Flemish 
often use "koeken".

Best regards

   Alain




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