13-01-2011, 21:55
Sounds to me as if you were in Amsterdam!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is at the other end of the land to me ( Although it is not a big county). I live right down at the bottom near Maastricht.
Dutch is not too difficult to learn and is quite logical but it has two problems
That is at the other end of the land to me ( Although it is not a big county). I live right down at the bottom near Maastricht.
Dutch is not too difficult to learn and is quite logical but it has two problems
- English is spoken with the lips and at the front of the mouth, Dutch is spoken from the throat and diaphragm
- There are many dialects and here in the South they are very common. They are as difficult as speaking in Broad Yorkshire ( Which I can as I come from Yorkshire ) but they are so different from village to village.
- In the North they rasp and roar with their accents , here in the South we are soft and gentle and our "G" is not strong
- In addition , just over the boarder they speak Vlaams which is a Belgian form of Dutch.............and that is fun because it is Dutch /French !!
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
