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Dutch people learn English because it's such an important part of our education. Most people under 50 will speak English at a decent level. Also, all our forei
by louwrentius 9y ago
Dutch people learn English because it's such an important part of our education. Most people under 50 will speak English at a decent level.
Also, all our foreign movies and TV shows are subtitled, not dubbed, that is also important.
For me, early on I understood that English is the language of the computer world. So that makes learning English a necessity.
- jacquesm 9y ago> Most people under 50 will speak English at a decent level. Most people, period. In fact the Dutch speak English so well that it is hard for an English speaking foreigner to learn Dutch because everybody will automatically switch to English at the first sign of foreignness.
- FabHK 9y agoNot only English... they frequently speak German, French, etc. well, too. Thus it's virtually impossible for outsiders to learn Dutch :-) A veritable shibboleth.
- lambdaphagy 9y agoThis is frustratingly accurate. When I was learning I wanted to tell people that I didn't speak English, only... halting Dutch with an American accent.