Any translators?

[User169]

The following label appears on the top shelf of the shared fridge at my company's offices:

"svp vrijhouden voor kolven"

Anyone care to hazard a translation?

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I thought somone was struggling with a post from Yenners!

<sorry Yenners, just joshing>

 

[abchandler]

please reserve for cabbages??

 

[User169]

please reserve for cabbages??

That's one translation (at least it's the one that Babelfish renders), although it's not what is intended in this instance!

 

[punkypossum]

please don't block off for something...Whatever that something might be... I think.....

 

[abchandler]

reserved for expressed milk
mmmmmm nice

 

[User169]

please don't block off for something...Whatever that something might be... I think.....

indeed, whatever that "something" might be

 

[johnnyh]

one translator reckon on "please reserve for flasks" ???

 

[Arch]

Does this help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolven


Probably not...

 

[Arch]

A randomly picked online translator gave kolven = butts.

That can't be right either!

 

[Arch]

Please keep free for breast milk. We had a similar one up last year. Weird.

Presumably not to avoid 'contamination' of the breast milk, but to ensure a valuable resource isn't wasted in some middle manager's morning coffee....

 

[abchandler]

Does this help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolven


Probably not...

That would need a bl**dy big fridge

 

[User169]

Please keep free for breast milk. We had a similar one up last year. Weird.

Well done Uncle M!

Apologies, just realised AbChandler got there first!

 

[Arch]

Natuurlijk, je hebt een visketel

Naturally, I have a fishkettle?

That's the great thing about Dutch, if you can say it out loud, and get past the odd spelling, some words are comprehensible.

 

[Arch]

Yes. I always thought that that's where the phrase "double Dutch" comes from - it's so near to English, but but not quite. But you should hear Frisian. It's the closest living relative to English, and it often sounds it. If you hear people talking just on the edge of earshot you'd swear they were speaking English.

Must be disconcerting, if you then can't quite understand. Like having the radio not quite loud enough....

I've not been to the Netherlands yet, I'd like to one day,