Hard to explain if you don’t live here. Is commonly understood by anybody who does. For

example the MD of the company I’m working at right now is Portuguese. He chatted away in Spanish to a colleague from Madrid and the colleague was very impressed. “I lived in Madrid for 2 years” was his response. Then I asked him how long he’s lives in the Netherlands. 3 years. His Dutch is very limited. It’s a common narrative.

My Dutch is ok for what it’s worth.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on April 30th 2019 at 23:41:43

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Eriksen being interviewed in very good, if heavily accented Dutch. (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Apr 30, 22:15:57
- I can remember being in a supermarket in Amsterdam and... (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Apr 30, 23:20:37
- But cant you just continue talking dutch in those cases? (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 30, 22:22:31
  - I’ve tried that and had the other person continue in English. Seriously. Even when their (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Apr 30, 22:24:29
    - But surely, either you want to practice speaking in a language or you dont? (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 30, 22:28:34
      - Hard to explain if you don’t live here. Is commonly understood by anybody who does. For (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Apr 30, 23:41:43
        
        Going back to eriksen. Very commonly on Dutch tv football coverage they will interview (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Apr 30, 23:44:36

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