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>good luck speaking English on the German countryside. It differs, in generally people either speak it there, and then do so reasonably, or they absolutely don
by henk53 10y ago
>good luck speaking English on the German countryside.
It differs, in generally people either speak it there, and then do so reasonably, or they absolutely don't speak it, not a single word.
This is quite different in The Netherlands. In Amsterdam people in shops etc will often address you in English and are rather fluent, but even in the most remote villages of the Dutch countryside everyone speaks some amount of English. It may be with a very heavy accent and not fluent at all, but generally it's enough to at least have a basic conversation.
- nkrisc 10y agoDutch is also probably one of the easiest languages for a native English speaker to learn. It's one of the closest living related languages to English. If I recall correctly, I believe Faroese might be the closest (depending on how you classify Scots).
- henk53 10y ago> It's one of the closest living related languages to English. One the closest indeed, although Frisian is technically even closer. If I'm not mistaken it's really quite close to old English, but a modern English speaker wouldn't be able to understand it at all ;)