paulwantsapint Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 Can saeis speak english & even more important speak teen or will cp/kd have to translate?
J Bizzle Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 dutch people speak better english than most english people.
Jackie@home Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 All Dutch people of his age speak English. We spend a lot of time in Belgium and even the women on the supermarket check-outs speak good English - it puts us to shame. They get all our television channels with sub-titles, not dubbed, so they are used to all our colloquial speech.
Professor Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 All Dutch people of his age speak English. We spend a lot of time in Belgium and even the women on the supermarket check-outs speak good English - it puts us to shame. They get all our television channels with sub-titles, not dubbed, so they are used to all our colloquial speech. Ditto Jackie. You obviously go to Flanders, but what you say is equally true of the Dutch in The Netherlands right down to Limberg. Not sure which part Saeijs is from but I'd be very surprised if he did not grow up speaking English alongside his native language.
Glasgow_Saint Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 he does not speak english - but has learned the basics like: better luck next week lads where is the pub cant believe we are bottom alright babe, get your coat
krissyboy31 Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 dutch people speak better english than most english people. Anyone told JP?
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 i'll bet he knows the word - NETTO! With the money footballers get I'd expect he shops at Waitrose .
VectisSaint Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 Can saeis speak english & even more important speak teen or will cp/kd have to translate? LOL, all Dutch people speak English, usually far better than English people. You want to try living there and learning their language, no chance. The only exception I have ever found is Jan Poortvliet, he only speaks twaddle, usually after the match.
dubai_phil Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 Lol, we had 3 lads over for a show from the Comedy store in London last night. There was a REALLY p*ssed Dutch bloke in the front row... kept falling asleep, waking up, shouting something like - why you bicycle not parked - then falling asleep again Completely random statements instead of the normal heckling, was the funniest thing we'd seen in ages, even the first comedian was in tears of laughter on the stage Then realised it actually was like listening to the comments of a certain Dutch person we already have...
um pahars Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 Lol, we had 3 lads over for a show from the Comedy store in London last night. There was a REALLY p*ssed Dutch bloke in the front row... kept falling asleep, waking up, shouting something like - why you bicycle not parked - then falling asleep again Completely random statements instead of the normal heckling, was the funniest thing we'd seen in ages, even the first comedian was in tears of laughter on the stage Then realised it actually was like listening to the comments of a certain Dutch person we already have... A taxi driver mate of mine picked Poortvliet up from Heathrow this morning 09:00, Terminal 3 , Flight EA003, Emirates from Dubai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought he was winding me up, cos couldn't believe he would be out of the country the night before a big game.
bridge too far Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 A taxi driver mate of mine picked Poortvliet up from Heathrow this morning 09:00, Terminal 3 , Flight EA003, Emirates from Dubai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought he was winding me up, cos couldn't believe he would be out of the country the night before a big game. Maybe he'd been out to meet our new Middle Eastern investors
Saint Martini Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 JP's English makes me ashamed as a Dutch person. But he's from a older generation so perhaps that's why his English isn't that good. I expect Saeijs' English to be pretty good although perhaps with some weird sentence constructions and the Dutch-English accent (it always makes me cringe if I hear it).
bridge too far Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 JP's English makes me ashamed as a Dutch person. But he's from a older generation so perhaps that's why his English isn't that good. I expect Saeijs' English to be pretty good although perhaps with some weird sentence constructions and the Dutch-English accent (it always makes me cringe if I hear it). I love the Dutch accent - I think it's very sexy :oops:
Saint Martini Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 I love the Dutch accent - I think it's very sexy :oops: You must love JP then.
um pahars Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 JP's English makes me ashamed as a Dutch person. I think there's many things to feel ashamed of regards Jan;) but have to say his command of the English languae isn't one of them!!!! Of course he gets the odd word wrong (make a goal rather get a goal, and the like) but overall I think his English isn't that bad. Sometimes I struggle to work out exactly what he means, but I don't think you should be ashamed because of it!
bridge too far Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 You must love JP then. No, just the accent
dubai_phil Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 A taxi driver mate of mine picked Poortvliet up from Heathrow this morning 09:00, Terminal 3 , Flight EA003, Emirates from Dubai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought he was winding me up, cos couldn't believe he would be out of the country the night before a big game. OK all right well spotted, he was here having talks with David Beckham who was here with AC Milan and was alleged to be struggling for match fitness and as Rupe's saw the photo of Becks with the tattoos and thought they could do a loan deal to get him fit for his loan deal sort of thing. But yes interesting I know it was cold over in UK and people may want to get some rays but.... Them overnight Emirates flights out of here are a sod to get any decent sleep on and then straight up to Barnsley from London by taxi?? surely he wouldn't have gone back to Southampton for a trip up there that kicks off at 3pm
Saint Martini Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 OK all right well spotted, he was here having talks with David Beckham who was here with AC Milan and was alleged to be struggling for match fitness and as Rupe's saw the photo of Becks with the tattoos and thought they could do a loan deal to get him fit for his loan deal sort of thing. But yes interesting I know it was cold over in UK and people may want to get some rays but.... Them overnight Emirates flights out of here are a sod to get any decent sleep on and then straight up to Barnsley from London by taxi?? surely he wouldn't have gone back to Southampton for a trip up there that kicks off at 3pm I'm sure he had to discuss team selection with Lowe so maybe that why he would have gone to Southampton first.
bridge too far Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 I'm sure he had to discuss team selection with Lowe so maybe that why he would have gone to Southampton first. You're being too kind. But he may well have had to meet RL TO BE TOLD what the team selection is.
paulwantsapint Posted 10 January, 2009 Author Posted 10 January, 2009 Ok so Seaijs can speak English but can he speak Teen it is a totaly different language 'innit'
benjii Posted 10 January, 2009 Posted 10 January, 2009 "We are, how you say de underdogsh?" "And it ish Arshenal, I thinksh". Now there's a ****.
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