English speaking Dutchies

10-03-2014 21:26 467 berichten
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For Dutchies who live in England or in any other English speaking country and for people who just like to speak the language.



All welcome.

There's tea and biscuits. Fish and chips, scones and pasties.



So far there are no native speakers, so mistakes will happen.

More than often in my case



Enjoy!
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Fun!

I'm Dutch, not living in holland though and I also don't live in the uk or another country where English is the spoken language.

However I do speak English (among other languages) everyday with my husband and at work
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I will tell my mom about the word granddog! She will love that.



How do you all pronounce the word scone?

As scown (oo in Dutch) or scone (O in Dutch). Here we say scone (O in Dutch)
Anyone mentioned the good old English breakfast yet? Don't have picture rights yet so you will just have to image the baked beans, toast, eggs en lovely fat glistening sausages.
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Hi Elfje,

Wow, that must be confusing. Speaking English with your husband in a non English/Dutch speaking country.
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quote:prior schreef op 10 maart 2014 @ 22:11:

Anyone mentioned the good old English breakfast yet? Don't have picture rights yet so you will just have to image the baked beans, toast, eggs en lovely fat glistening sausages.

*dribbles*



Go on then!



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And don't forget the black pudding!
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Skoon



I do like a good old English breakfast , its making me hungry haha
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I just had some chips because I was hungry.. and maybe because Scampman saw the fish and chips
Shoot...now I am hungry!



My husband and I do speak English to each other. He is originally from Germany and has an IT profession. And it makes it easy to talk without the oldest one knowing that we are debating fries of pizza for dinner.
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quote:Scamp schreef op 10 maart 2014 @ 22:12:

Hi Elfje,

Wow, that must be confusing. Speaking English with your husband in a non English/Dutch speaking country.



Hah that's nothing. I'm pregnant of our first child who will have a mom who speaks Dutch, a dad who speaks his language, who speak English together, and if he will go to the crèche or a babysitter they will speak the countries language to him



I'm sure he will be a it slow to start speaking at first, but eventually he will have so many benefits of it.
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Prior that is so clever haha, but your eldest will learn soon enough I bet



Elfje, that will be great! And congrats on your pregnancy
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@lamaatje its English instead of Englisch.



Im so jealous of everyone who lives in Britain! I would love to live there some day. Unfortunately I get homesick easily, so I'm afraid that won't work out well. I have "lived" in Belfast for three months though.



I'm completely Dutch by the way but I teach English at a secondary school.
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Yaaay, we've got an English teacher!

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I thought this would be a thread on Dutch people speaking English like this: "You are coming in the neighbourhood, but I have you in the holes."



But, to fall with the door in the house, you are all excellent writers. Even though I can't help imagining heavy Dutch accents when I read your posts
De maatschappij maakt jou echt niet gek, dat doe je zelf veel beter (bootje_op_de_golven)
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Haha if you have any questions please ask! It would be difficult for me not to correct everything. So if I'm Being annoying when correcting things please let me know!
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Thanks scamp
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Hahaha ricochet I thought the same at first. But then I'm a huge fan of 'make that the cat wise'
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I thank you from the bottom of my heart and also from my wife's bottom
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Richo, I'm reading everyone's messages in a Yorkie accent. You are all country folk now



Tv-fanaat please please pleaseeeee correct me! I want to learn.



Elfje, you are very welcome!
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I dont really know much About the different accent so i Need to learn more About that.
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I've got the book.. a little joke. My dad gave it to me after I told my parents I was moving to England.

It's so funny.



It won't lay you any wind eggs.
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I miss the Yorkie accent



By the way, I'm going out for dinner with a native speaker this week and he told me he had booked a different restaurant because the place where we were supposed to go is not, I quote, "inspirational".

What the hell does that mean?
De maatschappij maakt jou echt niet gek, dat doe je zelf veel beter (bootje_op_de_golven)
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tv-fanaat, the West Yorkshire accent is a bit like the Noord Brabant accent. Farmers, working class, mills.

The younger ones don't really speak like that anymore but I really couldn't understand a word of what my old neighbour said.

And now.. I speak with a Yorkie accent myself.
@ scamp I do not like to be read in a yorkie accent. Could you change mine to Welsh :p ?



And yeah he learn so quickly he already tells me bye mummy I love you and all when I go off to work.



Well I wish you all a very nice evening but I'm off to bed.
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Rico, when I hear the word inspirational I think about artists or poets.

You can find inspiration in things.

I have no idea what an inspirational restaurant should be like.

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