A Conversation for Stoep-sitting
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tourdelux Started conversation Oct 4, 2002
I was just wondering if you knew the actual Dutch meaning of the word: 'Stoep'?
As far as I know it means pavement or door-step. Do you know why this word was used?
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Wrinkled Rocker Posted Oct 11, 2002
I'll research it for you and get back t'you!
*delves under piles of papers looking for English-Dutch dictionary...*
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pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Jan 10, 2003
"stoep"
- part of the road where pedestrians walk on.
- stairs made of stone.
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pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Jan 10, 2003
stoep sitting sounds a lot like sit ins protests of flower power generation in 60s.
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Wrinkled Rocker Posted Jan 10, 2003
Stoep here got a new meaning as a paved place to sit or walk. The old Cape Dutch farmhouses had a stoep running the full length of the front with the front door in the middle and a bench at each end under a trellis covered with vines to protect you from the sun.
I missed out on the Flower Power generation in the 60s. By the time I was old enough, it was out of fashion...
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pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Jan 10, 2003
me too ..I am born in 1966, but I 
reading history
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