The first thing I ever did in a forrin countrywas get on a bus.
An old lady moved out of the way of my clumsy backpack. I said 'Alstublieft'.
She was delighted. No Englishman she'd ever come across had even bothered trying a word of Dutch in her whole life, she said. In perfect English. (Not that I was an angel, though. I was, and remain, a drunk tit)
I still find it hard to comprehend Dutch vowels, though.
(An old lady moved out of the way of my clumsy backpack. I said 'Alstublieft'.
She was delighted. No Englishman she'd ever come across had even bothered trying a word of Dutch in her whole life, she said. In perfect English. (Not that I was an angel, though. I was, and remain, a drunk tit)
I still find it hard to comprehend Dutch vowels, though.
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Fri 26 Feb 2010, 14:05,
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