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English translation: ludo

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Dutch term or phrase:	mens-erger-je-niet
English translation:	ludo
Entered by:	Ghislaine van der Burgt

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11:28 Feb 16, 2004

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Dutch term or phrase: mens-erger-je-niet

In the 10 years that I have lived in the UK, I have known this as 'Knockout', but I would like to check before I use it in my document

Ghislaine van der Burgt KudoZ activity Questions: 7 (none open) Answers: 57 United Kingdom
Local time: 05:30

ludo

Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-02-16 11:32:33 GMT)
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and here:

Ludo (Mens erger je niet). ... Ludo is gewoon een andere naam voor het oude (1912)
spelletje: \"Mens erger je niet\" dat door Schmidt werd uitgegeven. ...
www.khbo.be/spellenarchief/spelgids/database/13.html

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EdithK
Local time: 06:30

Grading comment

Ludo is exactly the word I was looking for! Thanks for your prompt reply
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +10

ludo

EdithK

5 +2

Sorry

Jason Roberts

2 -2

Snakes and Ladders

JTLingos

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

ludo

EdithK
Local time: 06:30
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Ludo is exactly the word I was looking for! Thanks for your prompt reply

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

Snakes and Ladders

Explanation:
I'm not sure. But could be

JTLingos
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of:

English

48 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Sorry

Explanation:
In North America this game is called Sorry. Trouble and Parcheesi are other analogs of this game. For a North American audience Ludo would be unknown but they are all essentially the same game.

Jason Roberts
Local time: 23:30
Native speaker of:

English

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