Sounds horrible though, that language. Don't get me wrong, I can manage, I grew uo 30km from the border, my dialect is halfway there. Yet it doesn't sound like a friendly language. It doesn't help their image.
I am not in my bed. I am sleeping on the couch this week because Betty's mom (whom we call Oma) is sleeping in my bed. I learned to count to ten in dutch last night.
Well, she's an old lady. I wouldn't want to make her sleep on the couch. Besides, as you pointed out, it never hurts to be kind to the Dutch. As all Ottawa residents know, if you're really nice, they give you lots of tulips.
Yup, I know. I like to learn things, so that knowledge is part of having lived in Europe and Ottawa. Tonight, I played Majong with Oma and Betty and Ellie. I learned to count in Dutch. I'm working on some other stuff, but it's hard. Betty isn't fluent enough and half the time, Oma doesn't know which language she's speaking. It's kinda funny.
As long as you know how to pronounce them, that should be enough. You don't nearly write swearwords as often as you use them in every day spoken word. AND swearing in another language can give you plenty of relief sometimes!
Oma is having trouble sticking to English today, now's my chance. We'll see how it goes. Betty's getting annoyed at me though, because I learn too quickly.
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Date: 2004-01-16 06:23 pm (UTC)I know how to say some mild ones, but I would have NO IDEA how to spell them.
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Date: 2004-01-18 08:47 pm (UTC)(how can I refuse a lady who says 'I do' to me?)
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Date: 2004-01-18 09:00 pm (UTC)Okay... I'm saying the words out loud right now. :P
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Date: 2004-01-18 10:26 pm (UTC)Perhaps write them down phonetically might work...
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