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If anyone sees this, could they say a quick prayer? Finding it totally impossible to cope at the moment. Thanks for this thread :)

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I've been put off beer for life after trying grapefruit beer in Germany and having the worst hangover I've ever had the next morning, but I still got to explore a couple of pubs in the Jordaan! I like the way they look, if not the beer itself!

You're right about how frustrating it is! I honestly thought about getting a t-shirt made which said "SPEAK DUTCH TO ME" on it. I know some people at my university who study German, but not Dutch, and when they went to Amsterdam they decided to speak German to everyone "because it's nearly the...

Liberal in the American sense, which translates as left-wing here in the UK :)

I dunno, I'm probably speaking from my bad experiences in Amsterdam, but most of the time when I tried speaking what I thought was perfectly fine Dutch, people would look at me like I was a total idiot and switch automatically to English, or if they'd started saying something in Dutch and I'd...

I'm fluent(ish) in English, German and Dutch- I've been living in Germany and the Netherlands and working as a translator this past year, so that's helped. I've taken classes in French, Spanish, Japanese and Russian, but I only remember a few sentences of each. Languages are my favourite thing...

Ich lese sehr gern, besonders auf kömische Sprachen sowie Deutsch und Niederländisch ;) Ich höre gern Musik- Punk, Rock, und so weiter, und...ja, ausserdem bin ich ziemlich faul, deswegen schalfe ich gern!

Moin moin! Ich habe Deutsch auch gelernt (naja, fast gelernt), also ich verstehe, wie schwer es ist! Ich helfe dir sehr gern- wenn du eine Frage hast, einfach fragen! Fehler zu machen ist nicht schlimm- ich mache immer Fehler, aber die Leute hier sind ganz nett.

I don't think there are any 'rough' areas, so to speak. I wouldn't bother with visiting Amsterdam Noord, but that's only because it's quite industrial and there's not much to see there, not because it's dangerous. The Jordaan's a pretty nice area, which might interest you- it's quite near the...

Veel succes ermee!

Video: Driver kills four in attack on Dutch Royal Family at public parade - Times Online I was celebrating in Amsterdam today when I heard the news, and had previously been planning to be at the parade in Apeldoorn but wasn't able to go. A really horrible and shocking event :(

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A note on German rudeness- it's true to some extent that standards of politeness are different (I experienced having doors shut in my face, people not bothering to respond when I said hello to them, getting shouted at by a stranger because I didn't have my coat done up...I have lots of stories)...

:blush: Awww, dank je! (Zeg je dat alleen want ik zag dat Duitsers niet aardig zijn? ;)) Omnomnomnmnomnom stroopwafels omomnomnomnom lekker omnomnomnom.

Ik ben hier! Ik bedoel, ik ben hier...en ik ben in Nederland!! :clap: En ik moet zeggen dat Nederlanders aardiger dan Duitsers zijn (waarschijnlijk). En NU heb ik een thread om mijn Nederlands te oefenen, hoera!

Diolch! Happy (belated) St. David's Day!

"No offense, but..." (What I'm about to say is really offensive. I just don't want you to react by insulting me back) "Politically correct" (something I disagree with that might be a bit left-wing)

*nodnod* I'm going to make some tea now, just because I read this thread. Anyone want some?