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Dankuwell
Geschreven door Holger op 11. Apr 2004 18:05:11:
In reactie op: Re: Off Topic - Dutch language lesson geschreven door John Hupse op 09. Apr 2004 23:51:43:
Hallo John!
Thank you very much for your help!
So far I can't report anything about reactions, but let's wait and see.
I hope what I wrote in the Onderwerp actually means 'thank you'.
Consider this story I've been told: An English band leader was going on a tour in Germany. He didn't speak any German, and of course he knew he would not need to, but he thought it would be more polite to learn how to say "Hello, how are you?" and "Good-bye!" in German. So he asked a friend who told him to say "Guten Tag. Ich bin ein Spiegelei." and "Das Schwimmbad ist blau." (Hello. I'm a fried egg. - The swimming-pool is blue.) Apparantly he did notice some irritation, but did not find until he returned to England.
Certainly a good reason not to ask personal friends in these matters!
So long!
Holger
- Re: Dankuwell John Hupse 11.4.2004 23:28 (0)