Originally posted by kingdavid
I was wondering why the hell you chose to study Dutch.(No offence,Florien.
I mean,people study French,Spanish, Italian....English!
*shrug* :-)

Those of us who grow up speaking English are at a major disadvantage when we travel!

In Canada, we learn our mother tongue, plus a bit of the other 'official language' be that French or English. If you want more, you have to go out of your way to learn it outside of the normal school curiculum.

When I was in The Netherlands, years ago, all I knew of the language was how to order Trapiste, (my favourite beer in the whole world!), and mutter darkly about farmers.