Welke Taal Spreek Je?...Gloves

It was an auspicious day. The Dutch language had almost been invented and the five men who had been given the duty were sat around a large oaken table, weary, but proud to have completed such an important task. They had one more thing to name and the Chairman, a portly gentleman, tapped the thing they had named a 'glas' with the thing they had named a 'lepel', to bring the room to order.
"Gentlemen," he said, in Dutch, "we have one final thing to name."
"Oh, do we have to?" asked one of the men, who's name was Wim.
" Yes, yes, I'm afraid we do. Come along now it shouldn't take too long," said the Chairman.
He held up the object.
"Anyone have any suggestions?" he asked.
There was a moments silence.
"Why don't we call it a glove, like the British?" said Wim.
"Yes, good idea," said another.
"Here, here," ventured a third.
"Come now, Gentlemen. I'm sure we can be more original than that!" said the Chairman.
The four Linguists formed a huddle, the Chairman could hear the sound of heated discussion from the group. This continued long into the night until finally, the Chairman put lepel to glas again, cleared his throat and asked:
"Well gentlemen? Do you have a word for me?"
There was an embarrassed silence, one of the men found an intresting stain on his jacket which demanded his full attention, whilst another thought it a good time to sharpen the nib of his quill.
"Go on, you tell him," said one of the men and nudged Wim in the side with his elbow.
" And...?" the Chairman asked.
" Hand Shoes, Mr Chairman," he said.
"Hand...Shoes?" asked the Chairman.
" Yes, Mr Chairman, Hand Shoes." Wim picked up a glove from the table.
"They are shoes" he slipped the glove on, "for the hand."
" Hand...Shoes," the Chairman said again, as if his mouth was trying the words out.
Wim wiggled his gloved hand.
"That's bloody brilliant! Right, the beers are on me!"
Ok, so I made that up.
Some time back, during my first language course, when things got really confusing, I said to a fellow student:
"How difficult can it be, they haven't even got a good name for gloves?"
Which made us laugh, and still makes me laugh.
Handschoenen has been a good trigger word for me, when things get tough and confusing, I often think of hand shoes.
A bit too much for my liking just lately...