Warning Signs That You Are Becoming Dutch – Part 4

Have you started picking up Dutch habits? Have you started thinking like a Dutch person? Do you think you might actually be becoming Dutch person? If the answer is yes here is part four of our warning signs to look out for:

You Might Be Becoming Dutch If…

(Part 4)

1) When you sit down you’ve started saying, “Hèhè.”

2) You’ve broken one or more Stampot stampers from overuse.

3) The Dutch system for telling the time is no longer a mystery to you. Trying to understand a Dutch person’s reply when you ask them the time no longer sends you into an existential crisis.

4) The monthly emergency siren test no longer freaks you out. In fact, at this point, you’d be more scared if you didn’t hear it on the first Monday of the month.

5) You collect all the zegels (stamps) that you are offered at the supermarket, even if you are not sure that you really want them.

6) You are no longer impressed by the sight of windmills.

7) The Dutch have stopped replying to you in English when you talk to them in Dutch.

8) You have transported another full grown person on the back of your bicycle.

9) You are able to transport two bicycles at once while riding one of them.

10) You’ve started forgetting the words for things in your own language because they have been blocked out by the Dutch words.

11) You’ve stopped looking for subtitles when watching Dutch television.

12) Likewise, the timing of Dutch subtitles on English spoken movies and TV shows has become too distracting. You always know what a character is going to say before they actually say it on screen.

13) Walking close to the edge of an open canal no longer makes you feel dizzy.

14) You get annoyed when someone is talking in the silent section of the train. You might even have told them off (thus, ironically, making noise yourself).

15) You’ve started becoming very competitive at Sjoelen and think it should be an Olympic sport.

For more warning signs that you might be becoming Dutch check out part 1 or check out Warning Signs That You Might Be Becoming English.