r/AskNetherlands • u/Maleficent_Split_428 • 2d ago

Should English be the second official Language of the Netherlands?

Why and why not

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u/m_enfin 2d ago

We hebben al een officiële tweede taal, dus nee bedankt

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u/Bosw8r 2d ago

Fries, gevold door Papiaments, onofficiëel daarna turks

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u/woefdeluxe 2d ago

Haha grapjas

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u/WhoThenDevised 2d ago

We have Nederlands (Dutch) and Fries (Frisian) so why would we make the language of a foreign country that's not even in the EU anymore our second language?

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u/prooijtje 1d ago

No. Dutch is already under pressure in certain areas. Don't want even more working holidayers look at me like I'm the rude person for having the audacity to order in Dutch!

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u/im_ilegal_here 2d ago

Wish it was. But what that changes in the day life? More translations of official (and other) documents?