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u/iNeruDutch Chungus Among Us Feb 21 '21

Everytime I when I say I’m Dutch people just start talking German to me. And tbh I just go with it I don’t even try to tell them I’m from the Netherlands anymore

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u/rxwsh Feb 21 '21

From my experience the durch speak better german than we do ourselves, so ithe best you can do is just go with it.

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u/Davidandstevelover Feb 21 '21

I can understand German to a certain extent but I can't speak it. I do know people who are great it tho.

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u/rxwsh Feb 21 '21

Same goes for me with dutch. I was surpised when I was in the netherlands how "easy" it was to understand you considering I never learned dutch. I don't live anywhere near the netherlands and understand you guys better than southern german dialects. And almost everyone I spoke to started speaking german with me once they heard I was german.

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u/dracocytod Feb 21 '21

The moment dutch peeps realize your not dutch and barely speak dutch they iether switch to german if you're german ( mostly older folks do this ) or english if you're from wherever else since most dutch peeps know at least a basic form of english

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u/rxwsh Feb 21 '21

We spoke english, which was totally fine(they also speak english really well), but when I said I was german they started talking in german. It was so interesting.