Hello from the netherlands

[Capt. Vick]

Strupwaffle?

 

[Marcel]

Strupwaffle?

Oh gosh, Americans trying to speak Dutch. It's stroopwafel, with a long oooooo and a long aaaaa... ( Both also pronounced rather differently from English )

Funny thing, one of my foreign colleagues told me Dutch is in the top 5 most difficult languages to master. Which must be wrong as even I can master it. If I can, you can.....

 

[ARTESH]

Is that still a thing?

It will be always a thing! Because people hate "science" and "knowledge", but worship "nonsense bullshit".

 

[Snautzer01]

@fubar57 Is that still a thing ?

It comes with free balloons now.

 

[Crimea_River]

No, I'm too busy sticking my finger in a dyke... apparently...

That's what she said....

 

[SaparotRob]

That's what she said....

I was waiting for someone to write that.

 

[GrauGeist]

Funny thing, one of my foreign colleagues told me Dutch is in the top 5 most difficult languages to master. Which must be wrong as even I can master it. If I can, you can.....

Oddly enough, of all the languages I have heard spoken over the years, Dutch is the one I can almost understand without knowing any of it.

Matter of fact, one of the few Dutch words I know, is a distant ancestor's surname: Hoogeboom, which means "tall "or "high" tree.

 

[special ed]

I watched an old B&W movie (1932) and one line got me.
He: "What are you doing in London?"
She: "We just came to visit. Did you know they speak English over here? I'm beginning to understand it."
He: "Well, let's hear some of it."

 

[manta22]

An old poster I had.

 

[SaparotRob]

Brilliant.

 

[Marcel]

Oddly enough, of all the languages I have heard spoken over the years, Dutch is the one I can almost understand without knowing any of it.

Same for me...