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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:09:36 +0100
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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

> On 2025-02-22, Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Nice. It makes me wonder, does Dutch have the equivalent of 'the 
> > elephant in the room', for an obvious problem that everyone avoids 
> > mentioning?

Yes.
<https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olifant_in_de_kamer>
just the same as in English.

> Isn't this essentially the same as "the emperor's new clothes", so
> "de nieuwe kleren van de keizer"?

No that is :
<https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_nieuwe_kleren_van_de_keizer>
just the same as in English. (and the original Danish)

Jan