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I'm really glad that someone here speaks fluent Dutch occasionally You exaggerate. (Only when I drink Belgian beer, and even then I speak German with a thick Platt accent.) ought to have come from the golden maneI think Zed's on to something. Some of the other names involve yellow, too.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I have found the discussion about dandelions interesting. It has covered a lot of ground, as the plant itself is wont to do !
... Have we said everything we have to say on this topic? I think maybe we have. However, I have seen no reference to dandelion wine.
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No seriously, I've had a great love for the Englsh language ever since early childhood, which counts for these many posts, but it really feels like a nice courtesy when a foreigner adresses one or shows interest in one's native language. ( it took some glasses of dandelion wine to make me say this.) Latisha may know what I mean. Most English native speakers take this for granted. To us it feels like a courtesy.(and it needn't be perfect)
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No seriously
Well, thank you. Very kind of you to say.
I will never forget, during my first visit to Europe, 33 years ago, sitting in a train compartment, listening to the five other occupants arguing heatedly in English. It took me more than a few minutes to turn from the course of their argument to wonder at five non-native speakers of English pulling this off. (I can only dimly recall that one was a Finn and another a Frenchman.)
And, let me take a moment to compliment you on your excellent English. At times I forget it's not your first language.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Don't know if I would would pass the heated argument test though.
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