The Conservatorium in Amsterdam was full of lively young people, talking Dutch with Spanish, French, German and Italian accents, to mention but a few. Apparently, 53% of students there are Dutch, just enough to tip the linguistic balance in favour of their mother tongue...
After a couple of visits to Holland, I've started lessons in Dutch; this will give me an opportunity to consult the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, which contains over 430,000 entries for Dutch words from 1500 to 1921. Yet the last volume was published in 1998 ! More on this later...
After a couple of visits to Holland, I've started lessons in Dutch; this will give me an opportunity to consult the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, which contains over 430,000 entries for Dutch words from 1500 to 1921. Yet the last volume was published in 1998 ! More on this later...
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