by Stuart · November 11, 2006
English co-worker:
“The bar is on new new street? There is actually a street called new new street? Cool.”
American co-worker:
(Commenting to Dutch co-worker)
“New New Street? Floris your people are dumb.”
English co-worker:
“And that’s coming from an American.”
Stuart
Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.
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Ha!!! So true.
Hi Stu, I laughed out loud at this post and even more at your last post about the train ticket police. I know EXACTLY how that felt as I’ve been caught in my own mistake before as well, and they really know how to make you feel like the only liear and jerk who ever rode a train. My heartfelt sympathies, and the only consolation both you and I can have is that we aren’t the only ones!
Take care, Val
Lolz!! You guys must have a lot of fun at work!
Oh good god, I choked on my juice when I read that.
Thats like…the best entry you’ve ever done.
But shame on you for forgetting Remembebrance Day…
I think it is quite freaky that I also choked on my juice, considering my best friend in a completely different continent (Melissa!!!!) also choked on her juice. Weird.
*Ahem* Silly English Stu, you spelled ‘from’ wrong…
Hmmm. I don’t get it.
;)
Invading Holland. Making people choke on their juice since 2006 :p
Thanks for spotting that. I’ve corrected it :)
heh heh
So when do i get reinstated to “Blogs I Read”?
How much are you going to pay me :p
You’re back on there. I have to sort that list out properly later on.
By the way, do you know your template is not displaying properly in FireFox Marycub?
I don’t get it either.
Guys who don’t get it?…well, never mind…just read it, learn it and inwardly digest it…it’ll give your belly a laugh eventually,,;-)
LOL- Good one red!