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I quite like the Dutch accent

 

[Eilezia]

I quite like the Dutch accent

But nothing beats the British one when it's not too strong!

Well, it depends on whom you meet. Dutch are generally ones of the better non-native speakers, but on average we don't speak it as well as the native speakers. And also we generally have big accents in our English. Unfortunately. English with a British, French or German accent sounds much better than English with a Dutch accent according to me.

In any case, at work I hear the English of Dutch, Dutch-speaking Belgians, French-speaking Belgians, French, Spanish, Italians, Germans, Polish, Ukrainians, Russians, Americans, English, Scottish, a Catalan, a Hong-Kong Chinese, two Indians, an Arab, a Latvian/Lithuanian and a West-African.

Sure! I was exaggerating on purpose ;-)
With all the nationalities you deal with, I suppose you work at the international olympic committee or something like that

 

[Dalriada]

But nothing beats the British one when it's not too strong!

Bug bear of my, I assume when you're referring to the British accent you're talking about the posh BBC English type accent. Reasons the term British accent is a bug bear of my because there's four different countries with very different accents and another dozen within, I know this not the thread but always wanted to talk to English people about the British Identity which in my opinion just a extension of the English one.

 

[Merioneth]

Bug bear of my, I assume when you're referring to the British accent you're talking about the posh BBC English type accent. Reasons the term British accent is a bug bear of my because there's four different countries with very different accents and another dozen within, I know this not the thread but always wanted to talk to English people about the British Identity which in my opinion just a extension of the English one.

I hate how people just assume we all talk like the posh people from the South East but we Brits assume stuff about others as well so I can't say much but we definitely do not sound like the fancy high pitched old ladies on the BBC.

 

[Dalriada]

I hate how people just assume we all talk like the posh people from the South East but we Brits assume stuff about others as well so I can't say much but we definitely do not sound like the fancy high pitched old ladies on the BBC.

Well just say it here main reason some Scots,Welsh northern Irish including me don't view ourselves has British because historically Britishness is just English culture trying to take over and destory other people;s cultures by saying we're united and we share all these things which are all seemed to be English afternoon tea, the royal family, fish and chips and we have same national anthem again conveniently is English. Before anyone says it I am not English bashing I will do plenty of that this Saturday, here's Welsh flaws in history.

Cardiff dock was one of the biggest docks for the salve trade and a lot of American Welsh owned salves that's why a lot of African Americans have surnames of welsh origin.

We stop England wining the 2015 Rugby Club

 

[Rheinbund]

You mean Flemish We speak the English without the hideous Dutch accent

Oops. indeed. Sorry.

But instead of the hideous Dutch accent, you speak English with a Flemish accent That can become charming, but also very ugly

With all the nationalities you deal with, I suppose you work at the international olympic committee or something like that

Well, no, not for the IOC. I work at a CRO, a company that conducts clinical research for the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. We have offices in many European countries as well as in the USA, but in terms of headcount we are relatively small. As a result, I am continuously working with people from all over Europe and the USA. Thanks to the internet. The headquarters are in Italy, my direct boss lives in Scotland, and his direct boss (also the division director) lives in the Netherlands and works in Germany. And now I am the lead programmer of a project for which the patients are recruited in the USA, the database is managed in Italy, the statistician lives in Germany, the programmers I work with live in Scotland, and the project manager lives in the USA.

 

[Furlanìe]

Well, no, not for the IOC. I work at a CRO, a company that conducts clinical research for the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. We have offices in many European countries as well as in the USA, but in terms of headcount we are relatively small. As a result, I am continuously working with people from all over Europe and the USA. Thanks to the internet. The headquarters are in Italy, my direct boss lives in Scotland, and his direct boss (also the division director) lives in the Netherlands and works in Germany. And now I am the lead programmer of a project for which the patients are recruited in the USA, the database is managed in Italy, the statistician lives in Germany, the programmers I work with live in Scotland, and the project manager lives in the USA.

My head hurts

 

[Eilezia]

Bug bear of my, I assume when you're referring to the British accent you're talking about the posh BBC English type accent. Reasons the term British accent is a bug bear of my because there's four different countries with very different accents and another dozen within, I know this not the thread but always wanted to talk to English people about the British Identity which in my opinion just a extension of the English one.

Yes! The accent used by bbc anchors and journalists is a perfect example. As much as I really like Scotland, I couldn't never say scottish accent is charming (I find it quite similar to italian or greek) and almost the same is for those spoken in movies like Hooligans or This is England (too much strong). When referring to the accent in England I use the word "british" just because "english" might call to mind the whole totality of english-speaking communities (american, australian, indian,...) ;-)

Cardiff dock was one of the biggest docks for the salve trade and a lot of American Welsh owned salves that's why a lot of African Americans have surnames of welsh origin.

Never known about that! My knowledge of the ports involved in the slave market doesn't go beyond western africa ports, Bordeaux and Liverpool

 

[Eilezia]

Well, no, not for the IOC. I work at a CRO, a company that conducts clinical research for the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. We have offices in many European countries as well as in the USA, but in terms of headcount we are relatively small. As a result, I am continuously working with people from all over Europe and the USA. Thanks to the internet. The headquarters are in Italy, my direct boss lives in Scotland, and his direct boss (also the division director) lives in the Netherlands and works in Germany. And now I am the lead programmer of a project for which the patients are recruited in the USA, the database is managed in Italy, the statistician lives in Germany, the programmers I work with live in Scotland, and the project manager lives in the USA.

Hmmm...considering our blood-sucking taxation, I really doubt your company moved its headquarters to Italy for fiscal advantages
I'd suggest that your CEO hire a priest who prays for the internet connection never breaking down for a long time!

My head hurts

Ahahaha, if we started speaking about Apple's value chain, a whole stock of aspirins wouldn't be enough!

 

[Pelasgia]

Ahahaha, if we started speaking about Apple's value chain, a whole stock of aspirins wouldn't be enough!

Since these are Apple related aspirins, one will be slightly bigger than the other and they'll come in black and white.

 

[Rheinbund]

Hmmm...considering our blood-sucking taxation, I really doubt your company moved its headquarters to Italy for fiscal advantages
I'd suggest that your CEO hire a priest who prays for the internet connection never breaking down for a long time!

Actually, the company was grouded in Italy, and then expanded from there. The CEO never considered moving, I think.

And for the Internet connection, I think it would be better to hire the whole Catholic Church to pray, because we are all f*cked when the Internet goes down for a long time, not just my employer.

 

[Rheinbund]

Never known about that! My knowledge of the ports involved in the slave market doesn't go beyond western africa ports, Bordeaux and Liverpool

Did I hear "slave trade"? The Dutch were also good at that, although slaves were not traded in Amsterdam. The Netherlands were one of the last countries to abolish slavery by the way. One of the reasons may have been to make King Willem III a bit popular in the western colonies. That man was a psychopathic macho who was permanently frustrated by the fact that the Netherlands had been turned into a constitutional monarchy one year before he acceded to the throne. As a result, he was also quite unpopular (he was even called King Gorilla). But thanks to the abolishment of slavery, we can say that he did at least one positive thing. And I think we Dutch have to worship Thorbecke as if he were a God for turning The Netherlands into a constitutional monarchy right on time.

 

[Dalriada]

The Netherlands were one of the last countries to abolish slavery by the way. And I think we Dutch have to worship Thorbecke as if he were a God for turning The Netherlands into a constitutional monarchy right on time.

Along with the Swedish if I am correct, Also I think no one should be worship or should be paid for rest of their lives for just coming out their mother's vagina.
Cough members of the British Royal family Coughs

Shit I can hear the people who drool over the royal birth trying break into my house

 

[Rheinbund]

Also I think no one should be worship or should be paid for rest of their lives for just coming out their mother's vagina.

And what if they didn't come out of their mother's vagina but were born by means of a Caesarian Section?

 

[Dalriada]

And what if they didn't come out of their mother's vagina but were born by means of a Caesarian Section?

secretly Queen Liz is the mother lizard so she impregnated Kate during the weeding then during the so call "birth" they had to clean the thing called "George" up since he came out the egg he was covered in slime and all kind of stuff. Then because they're atheist Satanist they sacrificed a new baby boy to get his skin for George's human form.

 

[Pelasgia]

(he was even called King Gorilla)

Dutch humor just earned my eternal respect! That nick is even superior to the various ones we've come with for our former King: Κώκος/Kokos ("little/baby Constantine"), Τέως/Teos ("ex/former", as in ex-King) and του κόκορα ο γιός ("the son of the rooster", a play on "the son of the eagle" which is what monarchists used to call him ,reffering to the Byzantine Eagle). Some people just call him Gluksburg, to remind him that his house isn't Greek so he can't be our King.

Which does raise the question, do any European countries have royal houses not from their own nation? I think the UK's is German and the Swedish and Spanish ones have French roots.

 

[Dalriada]

Which does raise the question, do any European countries have royal houses not from their own nation? I think the UK's is German and the Swedish and Spanish ones have French roots.

Yes you're correct the British royal family original name were the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha which comes form the German Prince Albert marrying Queen Vic but King George changed it to the House of Windsor during WW1. Before the troops know they were fighting the Germans for an German Royal Family.

 

[Eilezia]

And I think we Dutch have to worship Thorbecke as if he were a God for turning The Netherlands into a constitutional monarchy right on time.

Considering the first part of his name, you really might worship as a god!
If Willem III was so unpopular and psychopathic, I would doubt he abolished slavery out of goodness...but maybe you can surprise me by saying he did it because of that ;-)

Dutch humor just earned my eternal respect! That nick is even superior to the various ones we've come with for our former King: Κώκος/Kokos ("little/baby Constantine"), Τέως/Teos ("ex/former", as in ex-King) and του κόκορα ο γιός ("the son of the rooster", a play on "the son of the eagle" which is what monarchists used to call him ,reffering to the Byzantine Eagle). Some people just call him Gluksburg, to remind him that his house isn't Greek so he can't be our King.

Which does raise the question, do any European countries have royal houses not from their own nation? I think the UK's is German and the Swedish and Spanish ones have French roots.

Damn, these Gotha and Glucksburg are everywhere! The first reign in Belgium and the second in Norway and Denmark. It seems that the flag of "nativeness" is hold up only by...Liechtenstein (the prince is a Von Liechtenstein)
It would have been fun to see today the Greek people's humour towards their royal family if this one was still in power!

 

[Pelasgia]

It would have been fun to see today the Greek people's humour towards their royal family if this one was still in power!

Hopefully it would consist of guillotines! XD

 

[Merioneth]

It would have been fun to see today the Greek people's humour towards their royal family if this one was still in power!

Well I for one would have loved to see there reaction if the Junta was still in power because if some Military guy was living the high life whilst I'm struggling to buy food I would be in prison for an assassination or even worse executed. Also it upsets me when I visited Greece to see the abandon building sites where companies probably of hard-working people have collapsed and left ruins and no offense to Germans but I laughed when I found out they pay higher prices on everything because I know Greeks get discounts but they aren't privileged holidaymakers so I understand that and I know thats why English pay more but I'm pretty sure in the local shops Germans pay the most lawl.