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Ok, sorry to any dutch people here, this does not include you... well, except for one... actually, the dutch people here can probably answer some questions... why is it that whenever I see a dutch person somewhere, they always act like they think I'm going to kill them or something? Why is it that people suddenly become super rude to me if I ask them if they can speak english? SORRY, BUT I FUCKING CAN'T SPEAK DUTCH!!! WHY WOULD I EVEN ATTEMPT TO LEARN IT, AS A MINISCULE POPULATION IN THE WORLD SPEAK IT!!!! so yeah, I've lived in Holland for 5 months of my life, with only one more to go (thank goodness) and my opinion is that Dutch people are super rude... I can't wait to get back to Canada where people are actually civil to each other! |
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Perhaps it's your face that scares them? |
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why would my face scare them? I'm usually pretty happy... |
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but you look like pierluigi colina |
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that's the soccer ref right? Damn man, that hurt! He does look scary! :) |
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I apologize for this I guess... it has been a stressful day for me, and I'm in a bad mood... but I do get the feeling that Dutch people are really rude... |
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my gf's dutch, she says that yeah, attitudes are completely different in holland. there's a lot of prejudgement based on one's status (money, position, power, etc), and people can come across quite rudely. never been there myself so no bloody clue personally. |
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WHY WOULD I EVEN ATTEMPT TO LEARN IT, AS A MINISCULE POPULATION IN THE WORLD SPEAK IT!!!! well there's a reason: we dont like that also it's that people just assume you speak english, like in france they dont like that either i though it was the other way around though. like we're all so proud we speak english very good we like to do that. but that's changed apparantly then. we are rude though |
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well, for a while I was interested to learn Dutch... I was here before christmas, and for the semester after christmas I wanted to take a course... they didn't offer it of course, cause why would they really in Canada, Newfoundland especially... so I took German, the main reason of which was because I had been told it was close to Dutch... but why would I want to learn the language, if the people are going to be rude to me and treat me like shit... seems pretty stupid to me... |
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it is close to dutch, but that's a bad thing - you end up confused as all fuck :) |
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WHY WOULD I EVEN ATTEMPT TO LEARN IT, AS A MINISCULE POPULATION IN THE WORLD SPEAK IT!!!! yeah, that doesn't exactly win you points. if that's your attitude why the fuck should we care about being rude to you? no, but seriously - this suprises me a bit. I have never seen this reaction to people who ask this question - and I get asked it myself (as I work in a bookstore). I think it's pretty normal and indeed civil of you to ask whether other people speak your language - it sucks if people can't react normal to that. in my personal experience it's mostly Germans and especially the French that do NOT ask whether you speak their language but just start prattling on in their language. which is ofcourse very rude. |
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well, that's my attitude now because I feel everyone here treats me like shit... shrug, I don't know, I've been told it's a completely different culture from Canada, and it is... so maybe my idea of someone being rude really isn't... but still, it just has been rubbing me the wrong way for the last little while, and with this day turning to shit I just had to get it out of my system! |
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people might accidentally think you're American. that could explain a lot. :P |
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what do you expect starting such a pre-conceived knobhead generalisation like that |
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well i hardly see a reason why you should learn to speak dutch really, it doesnt help you later on and if you just ask people wether they can talk to you in english i dont see why they're not nice really around here i get spoken to alot in english and i dont mind but my english is superdupagood of course |
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Hey, at least they acknowledge your existance. Here, people don't even look you in the eye. You're either invisible or a threat. I can be right behind someone who's walking though a door and they never hold it open! |
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I've even been cheering and really getting excited about the Holland run in the European Championships... I've been making an effort to really enjoy this trip over here, and to see the sights and experience the culture a little... so it's not like I'm a stubborn Canadian who expects everyone to cater to my culture... not at all! |
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I've actually considered that... I do have one instance where this guys attitude seem to totally change towards me after I had told him I was Canadian... :P |
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fair enough... I'll switch to: the majority of the people I've encountered in Holland have seemed rude to me... |
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it could be something personal - nothing to do with your language, more with you... :D :D :D |
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how could someone not love me though?!?!? :O:O:O |
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Maybe you smell really bad. |
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but I shower at least once a week... and I brush my teeth at least twice a week... so it can't be that! |
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its probably that cheap aftershave you got off the market. perhaps you hum like a tarts window box. |
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I know it'd be pointless for me to learn the language, but I would've done it just out of personal interest... |
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What are you expecting? |
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but was it better in the 'city' area of zoetermeer than in 'rural' area nijmegen? |
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oh, that's it then. we don't like Canadians who smell like a cheap prostitute out on a girl's night. |
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yeah... |
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Zoetermeer is one of the most awful places in our country. I'm totally serious about this. a friend of mine used to live there and we would go there (his parents were out a lot of the time) - it would depress the hell out of us within minutes of leaving the trainstation. |
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yes, but the point is it's city people |
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heh, yeah it's not a real nice looking city... Arnhem is a beautiful city though... maybe it's just me here... God knows Canada and Holland are very different... so I'm probably just used to different things, and interpret things differently... |
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Zandvoort is pretty damn depressing. |
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i have totally no clue what you are on about do you live in de bijlmer or something? |
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I lived in the Netherlands for a few months. The Dutch can be blunt, and sometimes quite culturally insensitive. But they are also very hospitable, and as far as I could tell quite principled. |
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it's just stupid farmers being insecure about their lack of education |
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Ok, sorry to any dutch people here, this does not include you... well, except for one... WAS THAT A REFERENCE TO ME?? I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING BOY! YOU ARE GONNA KILL ME WHEN I TURN MY BACK ON YOU!!! |
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never heard that dutch people are more rude than other people of europe. around here nobody would expect you to talk icelandic and everybody would try and talk english. but i doubt that EVERYONE you've met have been rude to you. i guess it has more to do with your attitude. a thing that is considered rude in canada isn't necessarily rude in holland. |
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obviously it's hard to speak about the whole population of a country, even if it's small holland ive never heard we're hospital (??) these days all morals lack, imo |
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you think dutch people are rude, try england |
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these days all morals lack, imo pfff.. PLEASE.. go and sit with your christian brethren..! |
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you think dutch people are rude, try england |
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how did that happen |
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The Funkmaster: What are the main differences you've met between dutch and canadian culture? I've always imagined Canada (haven't been, really wanna go tho) being quite close to western Europe culturally, sort of like a mix between the U.S and Scandinavia..McSocial Democracy.. Met a bunch of Cannucks while living in Barcelona, they all seemed to like it quite a lot there and they were cool people too.. Eh, Rotterdam isn't Barcelona tho.. |
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maybe you should stop using Mozilla, dobbin. |
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burn in hell |
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BUT I FUCKING CAN'T SPEAK DUTCH!!! WHY WOULD I EVEN ATTEMPT TO LEARN IT You live therre. |
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shit. |
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autechre > dutch people |
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jesus |
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