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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4618592, member: 2844"]Absolutely. In Dutch we have a lot of French and French-derived words (also swear words<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />). We also have many Yiddish words, from the Ashkenazim Jewish community, and quite a few Malay words from Indonesia. All these language influences reflect our history and our culture.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you should be. Every language is valuable, it reflects a culture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the downside of globalisation?</p><p>Something similar is happening here. </p><p>Speaking Dutch properly takes a bit of work.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Pronunciation is difficult for foreigners (that guttural sound<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" />), and it has more words than English, and often more complicated words. Many highly educated people don't even know the right epressions in Dutch, or use them for the wrong situations. They often prefer to use easier English terms (often botched<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />), and lose the wealth of expression of their own language.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>But, as my father used to say, even little children can speak Dutch!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4618592, member: 2844"]Absolutely. In Dutch we have a lot of French and French-derived words (also swear words:D). We also have many Yiddish words, from the Ashkenazim Jewish community, and quite a few Malay words from Indonesia. All these language influences reflect our history and our culture. And you should be. Every language is valuable, it reflects a culture. Maybe the downside of globalisation? Something similar is happening here. Speaking Dutch properly takes a bit of work.;) Pronunciation is difficult for foreigners (that guttural sound:eek:), and it has more words than English, and often more complicated words. Many highly educated people don't even know the right epressions in Dutch, or use them for the wrong situations. They often prefer to use easier English terms (often botched:rolleyes:), and lose the wealth of expression of their own language.:( But, as my father used to say, even little children can speak Dutch!:hilarious:[/QUOTE]
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