Comments on: Het Koningslied or the “King’s song” https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/04/26/het-koningslied-or-the-kings-song/ a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Wed, 15 May 2013 13:35:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: lista de email https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/04/26/het-koningslied-or-the-kings-song/#comment-2120 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:35:51 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1548#comment-2120 i loved reading this article. lista de email lista de email lista de email lista de email lista de email

]]> By: lista de email https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/04/26/het-koningslied-or-the-kings-song/#comment-2094 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:50:14 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1548#comment-2094 thank you very much for sharing all this great information with us! it’s definitely appreciated. well worth the time in reading! lista de email lista de email lista de email lista de email lista de email

]]> By: expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/04/26/het-koningslied-or-the-kings-song/#comment-2024 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:38:54 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1548#comment-2024 No, you’re right, you shouldn’t really try to compose a better song. My response wasn’t meant to be taken seriously 😉 But instead of saying what is wrong with this song and complaining about it I would have liked to have some suggestions about what you expected. Is it really the grammar, the mix of styles or voices or is it something else? – As for the example you make about the restaurant: sure, you wouldn’t take over cooking, but you could let the cook know what wasn’t good and make a suggestion. Only saying “it didn’t taste good” doesn’t help, but telling the cook that less salt (or whatever) would be better, is a more constructive criticism. Well, I’m obviously not the cook in this, I’m simply curious about this King’s song outcry. But I’ll probably just let it be what it is: an outcry.

]]> By: ZJShen-PSimon https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/04/26/het-koningslied-or-the-kings-song/#comment-2023 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:14:39 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1548#comment-2023 In reply to expatsincebirth.

Right you are, but two of us expressed a dislike on your blog and you asked us both for an alternative. That’s what I’d find a confusion of roles. If we dislike food in a restaurant, we’re not supposed to take over cooking from the cook there … but in this case, there’s no other restaurant to go to, perhaps that’s why some people are so frustrated.

]]> By: expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/04/26/het-koningslied-or-the-kings-song/#comment-2022 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:51:36 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1548#comment-2022 In reply to ZJShen-PSimon.

I’m not really asking the 40 thousand people opposing this song to answer – my blog doesn’t nearly have as many readers – but maybe you have a suggestion? 😉 So many are saying what they dislike, but why doesn’t anyone say what he would have liked instead?
It’s not a homogeneous song, I agree, but how could it be if it consists of a mix of suggestions made by Dutch (?) citizens? Ok, someone could have re-written it order to make it more catchy, but I guess the intention was to make it sound “polyphonic”? – As for your last question: yes, why not. You’re very welcome to try and compose a better song. 😉

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