Battle of Camperdown

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Cornwallis

We are now seriously off the bate the dutch thread-so please do some editing.One of the other moderators is John Channing.I have not seen him on this forum for a while.Tak asked about the Dutch prizes being "taken".This is the language that was used during the time of the sailing navy.May I suggest he looks on Amazon for anything by Captain Marryat.He was a naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars and he was also a friend of Dickens.He wrote some great novels about his own experiences,mixing fact with some comic moments.
By the way, bender is english slang for homosexual

And when the Amazon box arrives with the text 'This End Up' printed on it, what does that mean?

[StdDev]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

And when the Amazon box arrives with the text 'This End Up' printed on it, what does that mean?

That would be "Dit einde op" Tak...

[Abraham]

"Dit einde op" is the litteral translation. "Deze zijde boven" (litterally "This side above") would be better Dutch.