Showing posts with label netherlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label netherlands. Show all posts

2024-05-16

Buienalarm vs. Buienradar


So, today I had the chance to observe an example of the relative accuracy of buienalarm.nl vs. buienradar.nl

2022-07-25

Common mistakes Dutchies make in the use of English

"Dutch Tongue" by michael.gr, based on the logo of The Rolling Stones and the flag of The Netherlands

The Dutch rank #1 in the world1 in English-as-a-foreign language proficiency; however, there are certain mistakes in the use of English that the Dutch are somewhat prone to make due to peculiarities of the Dutch language. When this happens, some call it "Dutchlish". Here is a collection of common mistakes, (or examples of Dutchlish, if you wish,) that I collected over the course of several years of living in The Netherlands.