kathetgedacht

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What does “kathetgedacht” mean?

The blog name kat-het-gedacht is a pun on my name, Kat. It derives from the Dutch phrase “‘k had het gedacht“, meaning “I had thought so” or “that’s what I thought“. In spoken Dutch, “ik had” is often shortened to “‘k had“, making it sound like “Kat“.


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