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# Also - 'oder' for or
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:24, archived)
# And I think in this case you'd use the object form of du - "dich"
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:25, archived)
# ugh, you're quite right
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:26, archived)
# \o/
Brit beats a Dutchie in Different Language Shocker!

EDIT quite pleased about that since I do pride myself on knowing at least a basic bit of lingo in most contries that I visit. The fact that pretty much every other European nation has their mother tongue, a good couple of other European languages, and generally English as standard is beside the point.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:27, archived)
# :)
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:37, archived)
# dank u val
or however you're meant to write it - I generally go for spoken forms not the written shit
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:40, archived)
# you mean dikke lul
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:46, archived)
# I suspect that to be somewhat misleading...
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:50, archived)
# it's the only dutch i know how to spell
i'm not sure what that says about me
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:53, archived)
# in my experience
knowing at least the bare minimum of the language of whatever country you're visiting goes a long way and is appreciated
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:44, archived)
# Absolutely.
"please", "thank you", "two beers", "cheers", and "do you speak English" in the actual language will see you a long way.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:49, archived)
# good to see you're aware of knowing to ask for 2 beers, not one ;)
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:51, archived)
# Asking for one beer would generally imply I'm pimping my wife out.
That was a strange holiday...
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:54, archived)
# is this an internationally accepted sign of wife pimping then?
*takes notes*
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:58, archived)
# Oh yes, and he didn't massacre thousands of people.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:26, archived)