Re: "Dutch English"; language death on Phalera [was Re: Active and Passive please help]
| From: | Irina Rempt <irina@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 19, 2001, 10:26 |
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On Tuesday 18 December 2001 14:26, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> Which brings up an interesting question: how many people from the
> Netherlands speak English in their daily life? IIRC, something
> like 80% of people there can speak *some*, at least.
In their daily life? Not very many, mostly people who work in an
international environment. I only write a lot of English: almost
everything I write, in fact.
Irina
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