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Old Jan 16th 2005 | 12:09 pm
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anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
 
Old Jan 17th 2005 | 4:02 am
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all of them

Ellen wrote:
    > anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
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Old Jan 17th 2005 | 5:42 am
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Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > anyone know of English speaking tour operators?

Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and very recently immigrated
speaks perfect English.

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Old Jan 17th 2005 | 5:45 am
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Miguel Cruz <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
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    > Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and very recently immigrated
    > speaks perfect English.

If a recent BBC radio programme is anything to go by, there are quite a
lot of non-recent immigrants in Amsterdam who don't speak Dutch, never
mind English.

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Old Jan 17th 2005 | 5:46 am
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"Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
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    > Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
    > Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and very recently immigrated
    > speaks perfect English.
I guess it should be pretty easy to challenge this statement.
 
Old Jan 17th 2005 | 5:48 am
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Do you mean from Amsterdam to elsewhere? Most Dutch people speak
excellent English.


On 16 Jan 2005 17:09:31 -0800, "Ellen" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
 
Old Jan 17th 2005 | 5:55 am
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Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:
    > "Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> kirjoitti:
    >> Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>> anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
    >> Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and very recently
    >> immigrated speaks perfect English.
    > I guess it should be pretty easy to challenge this statement.

Possibly, but not if your approach is to go on at great length about how it
is done differently by Finnish banks.

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Old Jan 17th 2005 | 6:01 am
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"Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
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    > Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > "Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> kirjoitti:
    > >> Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >>> anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
    > >>
    > >> Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and very recently
    > >> immigrated speaks perfect English.
    > >
    > > I guess it should be pretty easy to challenge this statement.
    > Possibly, but not if your approach is to go on at great length about how
it
    > is done differently by Finnish banks.
You are right about that. And naturally one doesn't have to be worried about
finding English speaking tour guides in Amsterdam.
 
Old Jan 17th 2005 | 6:17 am
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Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:

    > "Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > > "Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> kirjoitti:
    > > >> Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > >>> anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
    > > >>
    > > >> Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and very recently
    > > >> immigrated speaks perfect English.
    > > >
    > > > I guess it should be pretty easy to challenge this statement.
    > >
    > > Possibly, but not if your approach is to go on at great length about how
    > it
    > > is done differently by Finnish banks.
    > >
    > You are right about that. And naturally one doesn't have to be worried about
    > finding English speaking tour guides in Amsterdam.

On my last trip to Amsterdam though, it took me a good while to find an
ATM though, the first one I found was out of order- this was near
Museumplein.

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Old Jan 17th 2005 | 7:46 am
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"Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
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    > Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
    > Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and
    > very recently immigrated
    > speaks perfect English.

This is of course not true. My guesstimate is that 80% of Amsterdamers speak
reasonable to good English, but there is a sizeable minority (which includes
the groups you refer to in your post) that doesn't speak (much) English.

Sjoerd
 
Old Jan 17th 2005 | 7:57 am
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Sjoerd wrote:

    > "Miguel Cruz" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
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    > > Ellen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > > anyone know of English speaking tour operators?
    > >
    > > Everyone in Amsterdam except for the very old and
    > > very recently immigrated
    > > speaks perfect English.
    > This is of course not true. My guesstimate is that 80% of Amsterdamers
speak
    > reasonable to good English, but there is a sizeable minority (which
includes
    > the groups you refer to in your post) that doesn't speak (much) English.


It's primarily those pesky Muslims that refuse to assimilate into Dutch
society, Sjoerd...

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Old Jan 17th 2005 | 9:14 am
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On 16 Jan 2005 17:09:31 -0800, "Ellen" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >anyone know of English speaking tour operators?

If you can find one that doesn't speak English, they are lying.
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Old Jan 17th 2005 | 12:23 pm
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Ellen, my wife and I love Amsterdam and have become friends with
Frederik from Let's Go Tours in Amsterdam. The website is
www.letsgo-amsterdam.com. He is well traveled, highly educated and
just plain friendly. You can not go wrong with him. If you arrange a
tour with him, tell him that Tom and Dee from Texas told you about him.
Tom
 
Old Jan 17th 2005 | 2:33 pm
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"Gregory Morrow" <[email protected]> kirjoitti
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    > It's primarily those pesky Muslims that refuse to assimilate into Dutch
    > society, Sjoerd...
They speak Dutch in Holland. Enklantti is spoken somewhere else.
 

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