Dutch is geographically and linquistically between German and English. Part of the larger language family. I wasn't familiar with it at all until I saw the movie "Ja Zuster, Ne Zuster". (Great movie BTW.) I found I was understanding a lot of the Dutch without even trying, from knowing English, some German and French. It seems to have a lot of loan words from French.
Ben X sounds interesting. His techniques for studying others so he can live in their world is intriguing. Everyone does this to some extent even if unconsciously.
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Date: 2009-Aug-08, Saturday 07:29 pm (UTC)Ben X sounds interesting. His techniques for studying others so he can live in their world is intriguing. Everyone does this to some extent even if unconsciously.