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in reply to a message by lac
Maybe I'm horribly wrong, but this is how I see it:
If the EU remains, Europe will become more and more integrated. Larger languages will start snuffing out smaller ones. Dutch will be one of the first to go. This language has always been very quick to take up foreign words and phrases. Today, quite a few English words are used in everyday language. English is used almost more than Dutch in marketing campaigns. Radio jockeys who want to sound cultured or cool will say “Next call” or “We have prizes”. People find it very posh to say “beautiful” instead of “mooi”. -It drives me nuts when I’m there, because it all sounds incredibly idiotic.- Schools which only have lessons in English or French, while still rare, are becoming more popular. Us Dutch also have no real sense of pride when about our language compared to other people. This is shown by how very, very, few Dutch immigrants to English speaking countries (myself included)teach their children Dutch.
In five, six, seven generations, maybe less, maybe more, I don't believe Dutch children will be learning Dutch as their first language.
I don't see it as a bad thing though. Communication in this day and age is much more streamlined then it used to be, and it is inevitable that a few languages disappear
If the EU remains, Europe will become more and more integrated. Larger languages will start snuffing out smaller ones. Dutch will be one of the first to go. This language has always been very quick to take up foreign words and phrases. Today, quite a few English words are used in everyday language. English is used almost more than Dutch in marketing campaigns. Radio jockeys who want to sound cultured or cool will say “Next call” or “We have prizes”. People find it very posh to say “beautiful” instead of “mooi”. -It drives me nuts when I’m there, because it all sounds incredibly idiotic.- Schools which only have lessons in English or French, while still rare, are becoming more popular. Us Dutch also have no real sense of pride when about our language compared to other people. This is shown by how very, very, few Dutch immigrants to English speaking countries (myself included)teach their children Dutch.
In five, six, seven generations, maybe less, maybe more, I don't believe Dutch children will be learning Dutch as their first language.
I don't see it as a bad thing though. Communication in this day and age is much more streamlined then it used to be, and it is inevitable that a few languages disappear
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