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HomerJ wrote:

In Netherlands, I think things are much different. I麓m pretty sure English is closer to Dutch than to Spanish. If I am spoken in Dutch I expect to say them to speak English so that I can understand something. I think learning English for a native Dutch speaker is much easier than for me. It麓s something similar to if I try to learn, let麓s say, Italian. My brother did it in six months. What could be my expected Dutch level after that period? Very likely, useless.

Well as an Dutch national I think you are not getting it, you can't expect that my fellow countrymen must speak English to you.

You are coming to our country, so at least try to adapt.

HomerJ wrote:

Primadonna, I see what you mean but let me say it麓s not exactly the same.

In Spain, the level of English is really low and that麓s something you see at school because almost nobody wants to learn English. Don麓t expect to ask a question in English on the street and being answered in that language because the probability for that to happen is very close to 0. In Spain, you are lost if you don麓t speak Spanish. Don't think you can go to the GP or the town hall and be received in English. It麓s not I haven麓t seen one but I can麓t imagine a working office with people speaking only English. Spanish comes from latin and English is a Germanic language so they are really different. It麓s a big effort for any Spanish to learn English, specially pronunciation. There are phonemes I simply can麓t say.

In Netherlands, I think things are much different. I麓m pretty sure English is closer to Dutch than to Spanish. If I am spoken in Dutch I expect to say them to speak English so that I can understand something. I think learning English for a native Dutch speaker is much easier than for me. It麓s something similar to if I try to learn, let麓s say, Italian. My brother did it in six months. What could be my expected Dutch level after that period? Very likely, useless.

Your post is quite ignorant but let me react on some of your statements:

You are able to communicate in English and as you said that English is similar to Dutch then you must have no problems to learn it. With a bit of effort you'll be surprised how far you have become. It's not Chinese or Arabic you need to learn.

Don't expect that your environment must bow to you instead vice versa. Dutch are nice and friendly people and more than willing to help out but you can't force them to communicate in English. Although the majority must be able to speak but it doesn't mean they're willing to. Its a form of respect to your host country that at least you try to learn.
Don't give me the crap that Spanish people have difficulty to learn English due pronouncing or other issues.聽 You are just trying to avoid it.