though they eat both kind of fries very regularly 4. my bike was 200,- and it has never been stolen in my whole life. Our G and CH do sound equal, but it does not sound like the R. I believe our R is quite equal to other countries, for example how the Japanese pronounce the R? Technically, Holland refers to two (of the 12) provinces, North Holland and South Holland. Im not joking. We longen our Rs while English seem to shorten it. nouja, behalve ik dan haha, Comment by Dutchgirl February 10, 2013 @ 11:48 am. Daarbij behoren Nederlanders tot de slimmste mensen van de wereld en kunnen we heel goed andere talen spreken. As for not being willing to speak any other language than Dutch, well, I suppose there are some people like that around here, but lets be honest, how many countries can you think of where you dont have one or two people like that? New Game! Actually Holland and the Netherlands is the same. I assume you mainly saw the Amsterdam area and whatever busier cities. I used to take tours around Europe, in Amsterdam we parked the bus on the bridge at the Westkerk to go see the Anne Frank house. It is heavily accented because our native language uses unique sounds. When he came with something to clean it with Its really amazing to read foreigners opinion about us, especially an american. Comment by Marloes June 6, 2013 @ 8:56 am. However, it is often used for the whole country, and while not every one likes it (I myself associated with a heavy accent and dislike it) most of us accept it as referring to the Netherlands. Zij hebben nooit zulk goed onderwijs gehad. Magical Mushrooms have been banned since a few years now. article are bullshit > Geen idee , dont sounds like rainy day ? (Chauffeur, driver, for example) The R is certainly NOT a kh sound. Now tell the world how you feel -. Thanks for evaluating the Dutch [], Pingback by Weird habbits: Dutchies door de ogen van niet-Dutchies | GirlsLove2Travel March 20, 2013 @ 6:03 am, A lot of these points are incorrect, actually. exhibit A; 1. Want de leeuw op voetbalschoenen also people dislike talking to people when the are going to work because everybody looks so unfriendly when they go to work. i was in india a couple of weeks ago and when you smiled at someone he or she would immidiatly smile back.but in the netherlands when you even smile at someone.he goes even faster. They also love frikandel (all the scary remnant parts of animals they cant sell elsewhere, pressed into a vaguely hotdog shape, and then deep-fried until dark brown; yes, it looks like a piece of shit), kroketten (deep-fried lumps of dough wrapped around meat, that look like dried-up old turds), and cheese souffles, which are greasy but I have to admit, pretty damn tasty. Have you played Manic Miner or Impossible Mission? Food not to bad at all accept herring yuk do not like it at all BUT AT LEAST I DID TRY. WTF ,, youre serioos cant not speaking dutch because that alles your dutch translation with them sounds, is all wrongly.. DailyCandor: Errrscratch that part where I said all Dutch people speak perfect English. You heard about the Dutch using free bicycles provided by the government? and you could possibly add we eat muisjes on baby showers, keeping the male and female colours in mind (yes we really do, always). 4. And sometimes I just cant be bothered. Feedback: Even commercials sometime use germany vs netherlands (only when euro of worldcup football is) but still look at some of the commercials its not a verry friendly thing. GERRIT DE RUIJTER, private, letter to his sisters. Simply hit the 'Enter' key if you're typing or click the 'Search and listen' link. Im sorry if you interpreted my different experiences/perceptions of your country as an outsider but that lived there as an attack. There are specially-designated fietspaden (bike paths) all over the country, and pedestrians can not walk on them. Kinda necessary with all that rain here. Like nmr 394 already explains. Are you a fan of classic 8bit gaming? Dutch g ch and r are all pronounced more or less the same (although the Dutch insist theyre different) a harsh, guttural kh sound (like youre clearing phlegm from your throat). 7. the dutch make jokes about a lot of things, also other countries, but we never mean it serieus. Comment by joel January 31, 2013 @ 4:54 am. The legalization is tied to a very Dutch concept called gedoogbeleid which is difficult to translate but means permissiveness-because-there-are-bigger-fish-to-fry. and the kroket and frikandel. Thank you for the article, it was very nice (allthough it contained some stereotypical stuff) The Dutch love sprinkles on toast. Im a black american but I find dutch men very very VERY attractive I dont know what it is about them. Hup Holland hup Saying The Netherlands is the same as Holland is like saying the United States is the same as Carolina. Leuk artikel om te lezen als Nederlander. One thing I want to say about the Fries: Holland an the Netherlands are the same. (Oh, and I will never (NEVER) will happily put up with a wet face or head. I live in Noord-Brabant, in the south part, and in a quite big city, =/- 100.000 inhabitants. I should also add the hatred versus germany is mutual, wich is indicated in the comment fights above me , Comment by Bas April 11, 2013 @ 9:16 am, I live in The Netherlands and this is absolutely hilarious for me to read. g and ch are pronounced the same but R is differend. You cant chose your docs, waiting times for specialists are counted in months. they speak with a (what we like to call) zachte g, litterally translated it means a soft g. Find a Limburger and ask him/her to say a word with a g and a r. You will notice a big difference. Select your 'target language' in the drop-down list, enter your search term in the text-box and search! Laat je uit t veld niet slaan Is a saying, if you aint Dutch, you aint much. Comment by Femke January 11, 2013 @ 3:31 pm, You forgot to mention the healthcare system based on money (ie dont spend any), meetings and dissolution of responsability. A family doc will *never* examine you (not even your blood pressure) nor prescribe anything. i mean some english kids dont even know that the UK belongs to Europe, or what the difference between your and youre is. Im Dutch and i use umbrellas all the time, and im pretty sure im not the only one., tough im willing to believe other people use them even more. The country is drenched with rain year round, but the Dutch never use umbrellas. This is often why the Dutch are said to not care about trivial drugs like marijuana and magic mushrooms so they can focus on hard drugs like cocaine and meth (which are very much illegal). Im Dutch myself, and I feel like they are putting our educational system to shame. So shut up and finish your bratwurst you prejudiced Son of a german, Comment by Maurits vervelde March 5, 2013 @ 6:52 am. Secondly, we really do use umbrellas, and yes, some of them also use them while cycling. Zoals je dat in Amerika wel genoeg hebt. This is why the average Dutch person doesnt spend more than $50 for a bike itll eventually get stolen. Any country couldve had that bad luck. G, ch and r arent prenounced the same way. and the netherlands is indeed the old verenigde nederlanden but also the normal name for the netherlands. Im glad at least we [the Dutch] are thought of. Delicious. We dont ask if someone had a hot meal already. See #4. i have a friend and his mother goes to the beach very very much and whenever she notices a german car Why should we? He is right that Holland and the netherlands aint the same BUT we do use it as the same, P.s. they're Forvo users, male or female, from anywhere in the globe), the language of that word and the country of the user. kroketten are gross, frikandellen are made from quality meat, frites are belgian and cheese souffl is fucking french. This is as hard as Michiel de Ruijter's cannonballs. 3. Not to mention things like music, games and the internet. Thank you! The sparkles you talk about in Belgium are called mausstronjes mouse turds.lovely. The wet look is permanently in there. Thats why people are asked; youve already had a hot meal today? cause its normal to only eat hot once a day, like a main course. In the weekends we eat hot more often. Some things are pretty spot on, others, are honestly just not true . Maar Er zijn ook twee provincies die Noord-Holland en Zuid-Holland heten. The dutch well I am married to one and and yep tight arsed for sure stubourn as hell and are never wrong but in general are very freindly people but as in any culture you are going to get your good and your bad Amsterdam is the pits Maastricht is tops. I just read your thing and I disagree with quite some things. So funny to read about your own land. Holland is a province. I hope that made you realize that Holland isnt wrong to use as The Netherlands. I mean i know people who try to make it sound like americans would pronounce it but the most people i know sure have a accent. she goes crazy and i always ask:why do you get so mad? Hup Holland hup Comment by Femme March 7, 2013 @ 10:56 am, Very amused by this great article. 4. partially false, the r is pronounced correctly with the tip of the tongue, slightly vibrating it while touching your upper gums. This is because its one of our main educational subject, but most importantly due to the mass consumption of British-English and American-English television and music (dont forget the internet). Im Dutch and I would like to tell you that education is in no way comparable to the education in de USA. document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for rating this! Every year he comes to the Netherlands to give presents to the children, accompanied by his helpers, who are indeed known as Zwarte Pieten (Black Peters). Its merely an example I can think of. Aso known as the Benelux. Is he building a castle or something? Im glad you got the part about drugs right. My name for example is pronounced Laurrrrrrie (with an r like the one in rainbow) and not Laukhie. because if thats the only reason, then you can say that all americans hate gay people because they make fun of them in jokes, by calling each other gay, like its a bad thing. 3, 6 and 7 arent true. "The Dutch are not big potheads.". Three yrs in the NL have wrecked my health, and taught me to hate anything remotely Dutch! Fries are indeed very popular, but it is Belgium where the originate from. Honestly, not everybody is as stupid as that here. Powered By WordPress. If u smack a kroket against the wall it sure looks like some shitty stuff. (germans for example do not adapt, as they dig holes in our beaches and adress you in german, just blindly assuming you can understand. I cant remember the last time i watched a movie in dutch, even tough i watch like 5 movies a week. The main reason is that Holland is highly dependant of Germany. 3. frinkandellen and kroketten are not made of that stuff. I dont know where you got it from that we eat only one hot meal a day. Pas des frites then laughter. We use umbrellas. Not typical Hollands, but thats okey, cause in the netherlands, i veel like i can be WHO i want. (; Comment by Dutchgirl February 10, 2013 @ 11:46 am, its kind of pointless to comment in dutch, nobody here can read it. a little dog had licked it all uptoo late ..but really I figured everyone was drugged. My name is Alex de Ruijter and I'm the product manager for BowTieXP. As for bicycles, Ive always used one lock and so did many others. Despite it being legal there (along with magic mushrooms), you almost never see a Dutch person getting high. Play both in One game! So you can easily understand what the word is about, what it looks like, see photos of people by their name, or information about a location, a city, products or whatever else. You couldnt possibly shock us. I just cant understand them because our languages are still very different. Lately more and more shows get translated to Dutch, so people start lacking their knowledge on the English language as well. however, ch and g are indeed pronounced the same, much like c and s in english (depending of course on the word its used in). Ive never had someone ask me if I already had a hot meal, and most people just eat whatever they like, whenever they like. still gonna submit. I liked how you explained about the "frikandel" and "kroket" xD i dont see it as shit or a dried up turd but i understand u say that. About 6: I dont have Germans. Comment by DutchChick February 18, 2013 @ 3:59 pm. We learn French and German in school as well, because they refuse to learn anything but their own language and we like to have holidays over there. I asked him why the guy was digging a hole. Regarding germans digging holes on the beach, they are still afraid of a English invasion, so are digging foxholes. Contrary to point 35 we are allowed to grow a limited number of Maria plants but not to sell it. im just saying. Dutch Fries do not exist, Btw the younger generation has an exceptional gut for pronunciation due to videogames, cartoons, and so fort. But you are not allowed to carry it with you, use it in public, or resell it. Yes we do love to speak english and indeed its with a accent. I am American but have lived in Europe almost forty years and was first befriended by the Dutch the second week I was in Germany. Ik woon in Nederland. Maybe were all really special. 5. I didnt know that sprinkles on bread where a dutch thing to be honest, made me laugh. There is no such rule as 1 hot meal a day. Welcome! and the bicicles, Im 16, and Ive never had my bike stolen, ever since I started learning at the age of 3. it happens mostly in the city parts where foreigners live -not to be a racist, these are proven facts- since bikes are quite expensive. Plenty of others have corrected some things already. im dutch, and its really annoying that the germans keep saying all dutch people hate them. most dutchies can, but its just plain annoying) I think its because the ground is mostly sand; the water just drains away. Frikandellen are not throwaway-meat. Dutch love to eat out we do my hubby loves his meals not that I cook very often to busy mostly weekends when he is not working or we eat outnow at christmas chocolate covered pepernoten now they are so yum love em took some home to England last christmas and my family loved them along with some of the strong dutch cheese oude amsterdamer yum. We still got Noord Holland and Zuid Holland (North holland and South holland) but they are parts of the Netherlands (you can compare them with States in the US). Generally, we speak pretty good english. He can have the same as what im eating if there is any left. have been reading this site some of the comments made me laugh that is for sure but there is something that really jumps out and that is the continuing mentioning of WW11 now come on guys if you know your history the fact of the matter is Hitler was not german he was Austrian the normal everyday person in Germany did not want the war but were made to join and fight or their families would be murdered and by whom the natzies and their followers. Terwijl de winter as we speak invalt is het hier in het noorden wellicht nog mooier dan anders. airport, which I think totally captures the Dutch attitude (Im paraphrasing because I dont have it here): Comment by Carlijn January 5, 2013 @ 3:31 am.