Jakov Kouwenhoven-Eenshuistra had to give a talk at school on any topic he wished. Here is his talk:
There are strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, mulberries, loganberries, huckleberries, chokeberries, juniper berries, boysenberries, salmonberries, and dewberries. The list goes on and on.
Thank goodness the English word for “berries” is not “Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung”, otherwise it would be strawkraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, raspkraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, blackkraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, goosekraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, mulkraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, logankraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, hucklekraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, choke kraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, juniper kraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, boysenkraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, salmonkraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs, and dewkraftfahrzeug-haftpflichtversicherungs.
The teacher gave Jakov an F.
An F minus would have been appropriate.
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I would’ve given an A!
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What a mean spirited teacher.
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Yes- he/she probably belonged to the Teachers’ Union
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Well, it was creative, if boring. I’d give it an F+.
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I’d give him an A+ for being able to pronounce Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung!
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He was berry original…. A
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That comment puts the cherry on the cake.
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I had been thinking Ngidi Lungi is a weird name but look at what’s on offer here! Where on earth did the character get a name like Kouwenhoven-Eenshuistra ? I have a suspicion he got the F grade because the teacher just hated his name.
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Regarding the name of Kouwenhoven-Eenshuistra: I simply hyphenated two surnames that appeared in the newspaper’s obituaries on the day of writing!
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You have immortalised the surnames conjointly.
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It was very brave of that teacher to give Jakov a failing grade. He might end up having to take her class again.
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I think Jakov was very creative – sort of like the person who invented the story!!
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He had a good point.
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Maybe he would have got an A if he had used the non-English words!
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Clearly these stories are not intended for the erudite!
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