Honestly yeah, from time to time. I’m British-born living in the Netherlands and I know British people who’ve lived here for longer than I have yet barely speak a damn word of Dutch, while I’m here 11,5y deep and damn near fluent without taking any official language courses or whatever. Like, I get it. Not everyone is gifted with languages, but that doesn’t give you the right to not bother and ultimately perpetuate the stereotype that British people are lazy with new languages. It really paints all of us in a bad light.
I generally don’t bitch and moan about the differences between the UK and NL, BC I chose to come to NL. Yes I miss the occasional British treat, but I’m ok with consuming Dutch goods. I actually quite enjoy making my coworkers do a trouble take when I do something particularly British, it’s funny 🤣 like Tuesday just gone I had beans on toast for lunch and my coworker was so baffled 🤣
Honestly yeah, from time to time. I’m British-born living in the Netherlands and I know British people who’ve lived here for longer than I have yet barely speak a damn word of Dutch, while I’m here 11,5y deep and damn near fluent without taking any official language courses or whatever. Like, I get it. Not everyone is gifted with languages, but that doesn’t give you the right to not bother and ultimately perpetuate the stereotype that British people are lazy with new languages. It really paints all of us in a bad light.
I generally don’t bitch and moan about the differences between the UK and NL, BC I chose to come to NL. Yes I miss the occasional British treat, but I’m ok with consuming Dutch goods. I actually quite enjoy making my coworkers do a trouble take when I do something particularly British, it’s funny 🤣 like Tuesday just gone I had beans on toast for lunch and my coworker was so baffled 🤣