Someone gave me an old clock that has a something in old Dutch written on it. It says; NU ELCK SYN SIN.
I think it means something like; ‘to each his own’ but I am not sure of that. I would have expected it to have some reference to time.
Can any of my fellow Wooden-heads help me out here?
Bij voorbaat dank.
Well, I’ll be!
I guess I’m not the only one with those words on a clock.
Thank you muchly.
Hi,
I’m from Belgium and I’m used to talk Dutch (it’s my mother’s tongue)!
I will give you the normal actual Dutch orthography of each word, followed by a translation.
NU ELCK SYN SIN.
Nu = nu = now
Elck = elk = everyone
Syn = zijn = his
Sin = zin = will
So it means: Now everyone his will (Now everyone can do what he wants)
Greetz,
Moerus