5/24/2005

Windmill man = 風車男?


拜訪阿姆斯特丹最古老的風車(目前仍在運作),負責解說的大叔,繪聲繪影的講著百年前當地居民如何運用風車,聽說我是從台灣來的,他的玉口吐出一串我聽不懂的外文。想說自己離開英文國家也不過1年,英文退步這麼多嗎?不可能以為台灣也講荷蘭文吧?印象中的荷蘭人是粉國際化的,應該不會犯這種錯誤。看我反應不佳,他也就繼續講,過了一陣子,那串外文又出現了,我想我應該要澄清一下,難得到荷蘭,帯個謎團回去不好。風車大叔用粉慢的速度吐出”Fen cha nan”. 你是指在風車做事的人嗎? 大叔開心的說,對啊…我就是在風車做事的人,Windmill man,也就是你們說的風車男。喔…主啊….如果台灣有這個名詞,應該要算外來語吧…台灣的風力發電做的實在有點小糟

The Windmill man I met in Amsterdam. He’s so happy to know that I came from Taiwan. During the introduction of the mill history, his mouth came out with few foreign language words. “Fen cha nan”. I asked him to repeat it again and asked “do you mean the person who works at the windmill?” The happy man told me:” Yes. I’m the man who works at the windmill. Thus you can call me windmill man, which will be “Fen cha nan” in your language. Oh!my God. I thought he’s speaking in Dutch. Guess not just my English, my Mandarin ability gets worse as well.

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