[SOC] It's all Dutch to me.

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:02:21 -0000

I used to work for a company whose main client was Dutch. We elected to try
to learn the language and engaged a tutor. I found that the biggest problem
was trying to avoid spitting into the face of the person with whom I was
conversing.

G is a tricky letter - especially in the North.

I'm half Danish - Danes seem to swallow words whilst the Dutch spit them ;-)

An awful generalisation, I know, and no offence intended.

Paul ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] It's all Dutch to me.

> Not really, Paul.
>
> It shares a common ancestor with German, The syntax (and many of the
written
> words) are very similar, mainly mis-spelled versions of each other, but
the
> pronunciation is very different.
>
> It's similar to German in the same way that French and Spanish are
similar,
> because they are both derived from Latin.
>
> It's best not to resort to German in places like Amsterdam and
(especially)
> Rotterdam.  Although it's ancient history now, the Germans didn't exactly
> endear themselves to the locals.
>
> Chris G4PDJ
>
> Paul chipped in :
> > I read somewhere that Dutch is a bit like German vocab. with English
> syntax.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
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