Originally Posted by k3n
Maksi your written English is wonderful! I am so impressed when I go to Holland that you all seem to speak such good English. As some of you know, my DH is Dutch and his English is very good too. You put us native English speakers to shame as your grammar and spelling are often better than ours!
Here's a joke that Hans likes to tell:
What do you call someone who speaks many languages?
Answer - Multilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Answer - Bilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks ONE language?
Answer - English!
:-D
The alternative answer is "American". Whenever I've traveled to Europe, I've spent months studying the language of the country I'm visiting and learning at least a little bit, or brushing up on the French that I used to be fairly fluent in, but no longer. And iI can say that it really paid off for us in Paris. Everyone we met there was very charming and gracious and helpful, contrary to common stereotypes of Parisians as stuck up, rude, etc.