Ding Flof Bips

(thing) by irexe Mon Jan 14 2002 at 21:03:38

Months prior to the launch of the euro, the Dutch "Nationaal forum ter introductie van de Euro" publicly announced this mnemonic for the names of the euro participating countries in an extensive campaign of tv-commercials.

The Dutch word "Ding" means 'thing' and "Bips" translates roughly to 'bum' or 'tush'. "Flof" has no meaning in Dutch. As similar mnemonic in English is the Baffling Pigs acronym.

The Dutch names of the euro countries are:

Follow the links for the translations
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