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It's my understanding (and if I'm wrong it looks like I'll be corrected) but Dutch English classes teach en_GB and you have to be an expat American child to hav
by cardiffspaceman 6y ago
It's my understanding (and if I'm wrong it looks like I'll be corrected) but Dutch English classes teach en_GB and you have to be an expat American child to have your en_US ways tolerated. So if Dutch people sound American they must not be getting it in class.
- jstsch 6y agoYou are right. Back in the early 90ies, in primary and high school, I often got in conflict about this with my English teachers. Distinctly remember being around 10 years old, and arguing with my poor teacher, that US English would be a much more useful standard for Dutch students to learn :) PS: So starting age 8 I learned English from adventure games and a bit later from shows like Star Trek TNG (BBC!). Starting written versus verbal (often using a dictionary to find the right words to type with those Sierra text interfaces) did mean that some of my pronunciation was totally off — I'd simply never heard most words spoken before :)