> ] > Grauw is exaggerating. For example both my parents do not speak English. And > ] > I know several other people in NL (and in Belgium) that do not speak English. > ] > But indeed, many people in NL do speak English as a second language. > ] > ] *sigh* okay almost everyone who actively uses an MSX computer can speak or at > ] least write English very well. What I meant to say that Dutch is spoken (or > ] written) quite well by most Dutch people. > > Perhaps in NL but certainly not in JP. I have met several MSX freaks there > and only very few of them understoon some English. But I was fortunate enough > to be at the MSX meeting there together with Bernard, who could translate > very well :-)) oh my, I made TWO mistakes! first of all, I meant to be rather specific, so I was actually talking about 'every _dutch_ person who actively uses an MSX computer'. and second, ofcourse the dutch ppl should speak english. actually those two sentences are really rather messy. where was I when I wrote this??? tsk tsk tsk... let's rephrase: *sigh* okay what I meant to say that English is spoken by almost every dutch person who actively uses an MSX computer. and ofcourse there are still exceptions, but in general (compared to other countries) Dutch people speak english very well. ~Grauw -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
