Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
May 13th 2007, 9:04 pm
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May 13th 2007, 9:56 pm
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
Sorry. I just wanted to show our Dutch friends here that not all of us Brits are ignorant of their language. I'm trying to pick it up...gradually.
May 14th 2007, 12:25 am
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At least you got your location right.
May 14th 2007, 7:22 am
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
HAHA Toontje. Very funny
May 14th 2007, 7:40 am
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
May 14th 2007, 11:48 am
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
Good Luck! They say it's hard, but personal find english spelling more of a puzzle. At least dutch is what you see is what you get.......
May 15th 2007, 10:14 pm
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
Well I have three years' school German under my belt, at a school where languages were taught rigorously and grammatically, and Dutch is very close.
As for only getting GB right, I don't believe you!
As for only getting GB right, I don't believe you!
May 15th 2007, 11:44 pm
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May 16th 2007, 11:47 am
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
May 17th 2007, 1:10 am
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
Of course. I have plans to move to Holland. My first choice would be the West Coast of America, but US immigration rules are very tough.
I visit Holland regularly, and find the people and the social scene very much to my liking, I love cycling and hate car traffic, so .....
BTW Toontje, the software won't accept the e with an umlaut - ë - in my profile, even though we can write it in a post.
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I visit Holland regularly, and find the people and the social scene very much to my liking, I love cycling and hate car traffic, so .....
BTW Toontje, the software won't accept the e with an umlaut - ë - in my profile, even though we can write it in a post.
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May 17th 2007, 1:27 am
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
through
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thorough
BUT!! English is unique in European languages in that you NEED NOT KNOW THE GENDER OF EVERY DAMN NOUN IN THE UNIVERSE!
( Japanese not only has no noun gender; it doesn't even have the word "the".
In German, there are SIXTEEN ways of saying "the", depending on gender ( masculine feminine, neuter, plural ) and case ( nominative, accusative, genetive, dative ).
In Dutch? I haven't dared to look yet
Can you imagine how baffled the japanese must be trying to learn a European language? )
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May 21st 2007, 9:40 am
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Re: Native speakers of English needed for language experiment!
if you are interested so am I 50ks from Nijmegen so something can be worked out,, I'm also fluent in Dutch and speak German..mail me [email protected].... I'm also looking for a lawyer to take on the Dutch government for social injustice,, in my case after 30 years work in NL thrown on the scrapheap and no income for 6 months..anyone want to fight for justice ? same mail address Jim
