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{SPEAKER name="Jeanne Porterfield"}
--and tonight we're so glad to be able to show you our film on the Dutch area of the Caribbean.

{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
"Cari-bbe-an"! Well, now, there's a slight difference of opinion here.

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You know how we have our own ways of pronouncing certain words? Well now, for instance, I say "ee-ther"--

{SPEAKER name="Jeanne Porterfield"}
--And I say "ai-ther",

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and needless to say we have the same differences with "nee-ther" and "nai-ther", too.

{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
Well, now, these differences of pronunciation don't affect you too much, but I'm afraid our

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next one does. I say "Caribbean".

{SPEAKER name="Jeanne Porterfield"}
And I say "Cari-bbe-an". And since neither one of us can

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come to an agreement, I'm just--

{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering "}
--And since both are equally used and equally acceptable, this evening, you're going to the "Cari-bbe-an" with Jeanne,

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and the Caribbean with me.

[[laughter]]

Now, just in case you might be wondering how two people are going to

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narrate this one film, do know that's very easily solved: I'm leaving.

[[applause]]

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{SPEAKER name="Jeanne Porterfield"}
But she'll be back to take you on the second half of our "Cari-bbe-an" trip.

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Now if your bags are packed, we'll start. But first, just a word about the territory we're going to. When one thinks of the Netherlands, we tend to picture

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just little Holland, but actually, there's quite a bit more to it than that. The Kingdom of the Netherlands contains, not only Holland, but extends into our part of the world,

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the Caribbean, to include the 6 islands of the Dutch West Indies and the country of Suriname in South America. Since Indonesia, and more recently, New Guinea,

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are no longer a part of the Netherlands, these 6 islands and Suriname, where we're going this evening, now comprise the entire kingdom of the Netherlands

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outside of Holland. So now let's see our tropical touch of the Dutch.

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