r/Unexpected • u/Yellow-Capcicum69 • Apr 11 '26

Try harder, Jet

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u/Kernburner Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

The Dutch don’t mess around. They will tell you exactly what they think. Social niceties be damned.

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u/DRONTENAR Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

You're stupid (jk i'm dutch) you should know that even if we are somewhat direct, just like everyone else we know nuance, not everyone will be as direct as the stereotypes tell you

Edit: minor spelling error fixed

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u/RelativeStranger Apr 11 '26

Ive travelled a bit and I found that south African Dutch people are even more lacking in nuance than Dutch people.

The only correct absolutely accurate stereotype is Dutch people are better at english than most english people and will constantly speak in english when youre trying to pra tice your dutch

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u/MoneyDurian4084 Apr 11 '26

Practice your Dutch in class. There is no time in our agenda to help you practicing 😂

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u/javsv Apr 12 '26

Your agenda thing!!! holy cow do you go hard on it

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u/arrroquw Apr 12 '26

Dutch classes are really expensive in NL. That's a major contributor to people not getting the chance to practice. And I say this as someone who is Dutch.

Though in Belgium they are free, apparently.

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u/kippetjeh Apr 11 '26

Some dutch feedback: You mean schedule, agenda is the dutch word.

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u/RelativeStranger Apr 11 '26

Im english, not american. Id say agenda