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'maak je geen zorgen, de vleermuis man zal zich te ontdoen van hem'
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When I lived in NL, a few of my friends had no idea where my village was. Fair enough, it didn't matter to the story I was telling them about getting lost by a hill; at this point they both chimed in unison, 'oh, I know where you mean now!'
Alleen in Nederland!
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Thu 4 Mar 2010, 14:40,
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Alleen in Nederland!

Neither Here Nor There? If so, did they not LOL at the treatise on Dutch being basically English with different words?
"The odour of petroleum pervades throughout."
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Thu 4 Mar 2010, 14:29,
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"The odour of petroleum pervades throughout."

He is entirely correct. If you recorded background chatter in Dutchland and England, it would sound absolutely identical.
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Thu 4 Mar 2010, 14:36,
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It was Koninginnedag and the streets were full of drunk Dutch people shouting at each other - they sounded exactly like drunk Midlanders shouting at each other. It was then I decided that I would be returning to the Netherlands and learning Dutch. It wasn't as easy as I imagined.
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Thu 4 Mar 2010, 14:42,
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The largest little known party I've heard of.
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Thu 4 Mar 2010, 14:47,
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