I have been known to clutch my pearls at the disrespect, even vulgarity, of references to baptism as “dunking” or “dipping.” So I suppose that makes me a hypocrite when my first response was to laugh at the formal Dutch word for baptism — “de doop.”
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Okay, I laughed too. “De doop in de Susquehannarivier” sounds like the Swedish Chef, to me.
The graphic design is interesting. Just looking at the logo, I would have assumed that De Ster was a Jewish publication.
*snort* I’m with Mike on the chef thing!
Ok. I didn’t laugh at the cover, but the connection with the Swedish Chef got me going.
It does sound funny. I suppose it’s because Dutch is very close to English, but different enough that it sounds silly or wrong instead of just foreign.
I served in the old Netherlands Amsterdam Mission. The phrase for baptism by immersion is even better: “doop door onderdompeling.”
DoctorBob, your inaugural comment here is priceless!