Welcome ABD Members

Well hopefully you found it. Welcome ABD members! I finally opened my newsletter yesterday and saw the neat little box about this blog. I had sent the association an email way back in November and hadn't heard anything since so I figured they never got it. But then I see us mentioned in the newsletter!(albeit they spelled our URL wrong but I had faith in the readers to know the difference between blogspot and blogspost) Which is exciting. I've personally never attended a meeting of the ABD, since I live in the midwest. I plan on going to one someday though. I'm trying to time it with riding the Kalmar Nyckle.

For a rundown of what this blog will be about see Nummer Een published way back in September 2010. We both have been a little lax in our publishing here with classes being in full swing but we're ready now to get back into the swing of things.

Some things to look forward to.
-One of the classes I'm taking will require me to write a paper. I've choosen the topic of Dutch Loanwords in English. I'll post parts of the paper as I complete it.
-Our other writer may be writing this from abroad soon. She has the opportunity to spend 8-9 months in France emersed in the language. She'll find out if it will happen in the next month or so. I hope to use her being over there as an excuse to visit and maybe accidentally swing up to Holland.
-As well as a few other random topics which I layed out in a previous post. I still want to write about purple carrots....

Thanks for checking us out and feel free to leave any comments or shoot us a message. Enjoy!

ABD # 2596

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