triggs Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 It's odd for a Dutchman to not be fluent in English, but I can't bring myself to take the piss when my grasp of other languages is basic at best. Maybe older Dutch people wouldn't have learned it as a child? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Who knows, either way the English have no real room to talk about other people and languages. We're at both an advantage and a disadvantage in terms of every fucker learning English as their second language, but if English is your first language, your second is a difficult choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/11281620/Louis-van-Gaal-tells-Gary-Neville-to-pay-attention-to-his-words-for-former-Man-Uniteds-pub-match-comment.html I know its ridiculous but his English really winds me up He's the worst Dutchman I've heard for his English, like. Embarrassing. How exactly is it embarrassing? Sure if it's the worst, but it's not his mother-tongue so how can it be embarrassing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 It's pretty embarrassing like, if you're Dutch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/11281620/Louis-van-Gaal-tells-Gary-Neville-to-pay-attention-to-his-words-for-former-Man-Uniteds-pub-match-comment.html I know its ridiculous but his English really winds me up He's the worst Dutchman I've heard for his English, like. Embarrassing. How exactly is it embarrassing? Sure if it's the worst, but it's not his mother-tongue so how can it be embarrassing? I'm with you here like. I don't care how good the Dutch can speak English, it isn't his mother tongue so it's pathetic to ridicule him for the way he speaks. He can understand and be understood in Dutch, German, English and Spanish and people are calling his language skills embarrassing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Froggy what's your Mother tongue? shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Froggy what's your Mother tongue? English, but I can speak little bits of Irish, German and Spanish. When I'm in a foreign country I would try my best to ask basic questions and make simple statements in their language, and I'd be disappointed to be called an embarrassment for trying. In my experience though it's been met with appreciation. That's the difference in Britain and the rest of Europe though isn't it? The majority of British are ignorant when it comes to languages. EDIT: I was actually working with a Scottish fella in Madrid a few years back as well. He went into a McDonald's and asked for a Big Mac meal in blunt English with a thick Scottish accent. When they didn't understand he just shouted it louder and was acting insulted that they couldn't understand him. I was embarrassed to be with him at that moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Thanks for dignifying my cheap shot with a detailed, considered answer. I've slept about five hours in two days. I didn't even catch it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 http://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2013/02/newcastle-practice-shearer-falls-3-630x481.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Tiiiiiiiiiinoooooooooooo! http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30409737 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Armed men forced their way into his house, had a conversation with his family and then left? I've had Colombia all wrong, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Who knows, either way the English have no real room to talk about other people and languages. We're at both an advantage and a disadvantage in terms of every fucker learning English as their second language, but if English is your first language, your second is a difficult choice. Aye. English is basically a no-brainer for everybody else in the world. What to do when you've already got that one licked? Still, I'd like to see foreign languages pushed a bit more in the UK. If nothing else, it might give English-speakers an idea of how fucking difficult it is to speak foreign, and then they might not be such embarrassing tits about the dude in McDonald's not speaking fluent English when they go abroad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30417349 Hereford "suspended from football". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Steve Simonsen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Teetotal with a pint in his hand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I was thinking the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Is that Steve Simonsen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Steve Simonsen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Teetotal with a pint in his hand I thought that was meant to be the funny part Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Fuck is that? Grindr? Tinder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lahZHJeQarA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Imagine our lot doing that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I want Guardiola back :'( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Why is John Bishop posing as Steve Simonsen on Tinder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Teetotal with a pint in his hand Reminded me of the time my mate was at Slane pilled off his head going round angrily asking people who nicked his drink without realising he was holding a pint in each hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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