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hwln replied to your post: Now I wonder what all this Dutch seems like to the…

I always wonder that too because my mother language is spoken by only 2 million people and I think that it must sound rather exotic ;D.But to me Dutch sounds like a better, softer, ‘flowy’ version…

It’s Slovenian. Don’t even get me started how many times people come up to me when I am in a foreign country and say oooh hello russian lady or they start greeting me in Russian. It’s really frustrating even though I speak russian fluently. :D 

I completely agree with you on how people think of German… It’s a shame because I like German and I speak it too (because Slovenia was a part of Austro- Hungarian Monarchy and there is still some austrian ‘influence’ we start learning German quite young).

I’ve only had contact with  the Dutch who are from North Holland because  there are a lot of them where we go skiing every year and I was in Amsterdam for 2 weeks last summer  so I can’t compare different dialects but I generally like the sound of Dutch :D It’s a nice sounding mixture. How does the dialect of the language changes in comparison with other regions? 

Oh, yeah, that must be so frustrating! It’s the same when people think I’m German. :p Well, I speak Flemish Dutch (spoken in the north of Belgium), so that’s a bit different from the Dutch of North Holland you’ve already heard. My dialect is West-Flemish, in which there are a lot of French and English influences because basically, we’re the closest to France and England. We are kind of notorious for being incomprehensible, but that’s mostly the older generation.

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Anonymous asked: Vraagje: worden Nederlanders ondertiteld op tv in Vlaanderen? Want hier worden Vlamen bijna altijd ondertiteld, ook als het eigenlijk niet eens nodig is.

Hmmm, daar heb ik eigenlijk nog nooit echt op gelet, maar ik denk van niet.. Want soms heb ik al eens gedacht van “Gerrit Callewaert heeft gelijk, alleen de West-Vlamingen worden ondertiteld, en de rest niet, en dat is niet fair.” :p

Anonymous asked: i did not understand anything he said in that whole video??? the dutch media has been lying to me for years. you didn't just burst my bubble, you ripped it to pieces.

Jsyk, I consider that a huge victory for my dialect.
HUAAaAAAAAA WESTVLOAAAAAAMSSSS

Well at least you had subtitles.

littlebrainspasms replied to your post: the way flemish people speak dutch makes dutch sound like a completely other language though. flemish people speak dutch all neat and fairy tale-like and dutch people just kind blurt out half constructed sentences and can’t go three words without throwing a curse word in there.

i love that you used Gerrit Callewaert as example :p

It’s actually the perfect example because of the subtitles - THE IRONY!

Anonymous asked: the way flemish people speak dutch makes dutch sound like a completely other language though. flemish people speak dutch all neat and fairy tale-like and dutch people just kind blurt out half constructed sentences and can't go three words without throwing a curse word in there.

AHAHA I’M SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE BUT HAVE YOU EVER HEARD WEST-FLEMISH? :D I think we mistakenly think that of each other because on tv we often see/hear each other’s standard variety. Do you get me? I guess we both have “blurty” dialects. :p

Classic example of my dialect

hwln replied to your post: Now I wonder what all this Dutch seems like to the…

I always wonder that too because my mother language is spoken by only 2 million people and I think that it must sound rather exotic ;D.But to me Dutch sounds like a better, softer, ‘flowy’ version of German. I don’t know if that makes much sense :D

Now I’m curious, what’s your mother language? :) I get what you mean though, German can sound a bit harsh (although it’s not always like that, but many people think of the german of Hitler’s speeches) and perhaps Dutch sounds a bit softer. I think my dialect is especially flowy and mellow (in fact so much so that many other Dutch people have trouble understanding us because our words flow into each other). :p

simulatedfloridiansnow replied to your post: Now I wonder what all this Dutch seems like to the…

I understand like 30% because I took German for 4 years. It looks like Swedish/Danish mix though. Maybe because I know it’s not German?

Cool! I don’t know about the Swedish/Danish though. :p Of course Dutch is in the same “family” of languages, but we don’t have any accents on our letters, so. :p If we were to write Dutch like this: Hälllö, ik spreek Nederlåndsk, yeah, then it’d seem a bit Scandinavian. :D

Now I wonder what all this Dutch seems like to the rest of my followers who don’t speak Dutch. :p

Anonymous asked: Wat is er zo raar aan 21 zijn en nog bij je ouders wonen???

Geen idee. :p Misschien is die andere anon gewoon heel vroeg alleen gaan wonen?

froy asked: Ik weet niet waar de anon leeft of uit welke gemeenschap komt, maar in België is het volgens mij tegenwoordig meer dan normaal dat je tegen de 25 aanloopt of zelfs later om uit het ouderlijke huis te verhuizen wanneer je een normaal studie-traject volgt. Ik ben 23 en nog niet afgestudeerd, als ik afstudeer zal ik nog niet de mogelijkheid hebben om alleen te gaan wonen dankzij de hoge huurprijzen en de crisis. 21 is dus normaal om nog thuis te wonen! ;k-)

Dat dacht ik ook! Mijn broer is drie jaar ouder en zoekt al een tijdje om alleen te gaan wonen, maar het is gewoon onmogelijk te doen met die crisis!

Anonymous asked: Je bent 21 en woont nog bij je ouders? Niet moeilijk dat hij je weg wil maar hij zou je niet zo moeten behandelen.. Laat je niet doen ;)

Tegenwoordig is dat toch niet zo abnormaal? Volgens mij is de gemiddelde leeftijd om alleen te gaan wonen in België hoger dan 21, en ik studeer dit jaar pas af, dus ik kon onmogelijk al vroeger alleen gaan wonen. Niet dat ik van plan ben om nu meteen alleen te gaan wonen vanaf ik werk gevonden heb, want ik wil eerst nog wat sparen.

girlwith1oneeye replied to your post: oh cool i gained an insane amount of weight in…

ugh i feel you. my father spends his days bitching about my weight and mu supposed aggressiveness too. except he doesn’t want me to move out. kick the wall and blast hard rock, you’ll feel a bit better!

The worst part is, I actually want to lose some weight for myself, but every time he makes a remark about it I feel like eating a ton of fastfood just to spite him.

livefromplanetearth replied to your post: littlebrainspasms replied to your post: …

and sexist too it seems. I’m sorry you have to deal with someone like him :/

Yeah, it’s strange. Otherwise he isn’t really sexist (thank god), except for when he calls me a bitch for criticizing him.

dontmakepeopleintoheroes replied to your post: help ive fallen into a pit of anger and self-pity…

I love you baby! Hope youre okay cutie xx

thanks bb