Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 14 januari 2007 om 19:36:I like english with a dutch accent
that's the way i like it aha aha
Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 14 januari 2007 om 19:36:I like english with a dutch accent
it sound quite stupid, but it's fun though
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Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 14 januari 2007 om 22:22:it sound quiet stupid, but it's fun though
read: quiet=quite
Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 14 januari 2007 om 18:21:Lôôôve the American lanquage
i deteste it
Uitspraak van French connection op maandag 15 januari 2007 om 14:54:especially when you speak french
oui, c'est "horny".
I always get embarassed when I speak a foreign language. I'm afraid that I'll sound too much like an idiot. Too many people think that if you don't speak a lanugage fluently, you must be stupid. (of course, these are usually the same people who have never tried to learn a different language, themselves.)
I'm sure I told this story before, but...
When I came to the Netherlands, I tried my best Dutch on the people there. I was nervous, so I would start with "Spreek je Engels?" Most of the time, the person listening would chuckle and say, "ja, een beetje," and then help me in English.
In the few times that I attempted speaking Dutch while Jeroen was with me, he would immediately explain to whomever was hearing me how little Dutch I knew. I decided that this was because I must have been saying something in an offensive way. It was quite a frustrating experience.
Even with that said, I tend to be more patient with people who speak English as a second language. It cracks me up when people on these boards try to correct each other's English, when their own English is far from being perfect. Everyone should be given the benefit of a doubt when it comes to speaking a language.
When I came to the Netherlands, I tried my best Dutch on the people there. I was nervous, so I would start with "Spreek je Engels?" Most of the time, the person listening would chuckle and say, "ja, een beetje," and then help me in English.
In the few times that I attempted speaking Dutch while Jeroen was with me, he would immediately explain to whomever was hearing me how little Dutch I knew. I decided that this was because I must have been saying something in an offensive way. It was quite a frustrating experience.
Even with that said, I tend to be more patient with people who speak English as a second language. It cracks me up when people on these boards try to correct each other's English, when their own English is far from being perfect. Everyone should be given the benefit of a doubt when it comes to speaking a language.
We, here in the Netherlands learn english at first at the age of 10 or so. Almost everything on television is in english and signs of bars and...flyers, all written in english.
So you would expect that everyone should at least get around and is able to explain something in english.
But dutch is different. Someone once told me that dutch is even harder to learn then japenees (? don't know how to write that). There is no logic in our language.
I understand it that you find dutch hard, it is...
So you would expect that everyone should at least get around and is able to explain something in english.
But dutch is different. Someone once told me that dutch is even harder to learn then japenees (? don't know how to write that). There is no logic in our language.
I understand it that you find dutch hard, it is...
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Everyone should be given the benefit of a doubt when it comes to speaking a language.
exactly
i really appreciate it when people try to speak dutch... But if i was English/American/French/Spanish, i wouldn't try to speak Dutch. Just because of the sound of the language...i don't like it to much. Don't get me wrong, i'm Dutch myself...But if you compare it to English or French, it just sounds so strange, specially the G
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Uitspraak van verwijderd op dinsdag 16 januari 2007 om 12:22:it just sounds so strange, specially the G
that's what is fun
Well, american accent is for sure nice, and even nicer than british english (overall)... But it's like everywhere, you happen to meet some people you won't understand, eg many texican people. That's kinda annoying haha
oxford sucks...
i prefer oxford-english
oxford sucks...
Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 14 januari 2007 om 20:04:American engish is zo overdone
like ooh my goooodd
and that stuff
not my thing
yep...and they say :oh beEeeEeeEeeeautiful......i LOVE it!!!! wonderful babe........crazy....
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Uitspraak van verwijderd op donderdag 18 januari 2007 om 11:29:The Britains do it nearly the same
I have one word for you: Brilliant!
The dutch people, on the other hand, tend to make everything smaller. It's never a cup, it's cupje.
Uitspraak van verwijderd op woensdag 17 januari 2007 om 15:22:But it's like everywhere, you happen to meet some people you won't understand, eg many texican people. That's kinda annoying haha
No kidding. In the city where I live (a suburb of chicago), 40 percent is of hispanic descent. It makes me feel like an outsider in my own neighbourhood.
oui, c'est "horny".
oui
even in Dutch, but in your native language too...
Uitspraak van French connection op maandag 15 januari 2007 om 18:46:even if you can't speak a language very good, it's nice to try, i think it's very respectable.
they won't agree
I can't do the G sound so well, although I have improved a lot. The ch/sch sound gives me similar issues.
You do it quiete well
Overall i like all kinds of accents, as long as i can understand em
Uitspraak van StrictlyCore op donderdag 18 januari 2007 om 11:29:
The Britains do it nearly the same
I have one word for you: Brilliant!
The dutch people, on the other hand, tend to make everything smaller. It's never a cup, it's cupje.
Yeah right, while growing up i learned different kinds of "properties", the english/american who want it bigger, the dutch who want it in a small/sweet way. The germans (where i live
Uitspraak van StrictlyCore op woensdag 17 januari 2007 om 15:22:
But it's like everywhere, you happen to meet some people you won't understand, eg many texican people. That's kinda annoying haha
No kidding. In the city where I live (a suburb of chicago), 40 percent is of hispanic descent. It makes me feel like an outsider in my own neighbourhood.
In my opinion that's one of the biggest problems the us have... Not against them at all, but they tell the story of the poor and disadvantaged part of "american people". The government is quite against it (of course), but on the other hand it will never begin to stop it (i'm not talking about some Shaft-like sheriffs who begin to clean up
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Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 19 januari 2007 om 10:58:I prefer the Scottish accent
The yank accent's a bit of a joke, really. It lacks character or just has a stupid character... I dunno, but if you think about it... French speaking English is 'ilarious, the Italians speak with their hands, Russians just sound like mean bastards and so on.
I prefer any accent but american!!!
British is rather sexy
British is rather sexy

















