Dutch directness

[The Lawspeaker]

Indeed. Non-native speakers always need to mind nuance when speaking English. As for me, being Dutch and being reasonably fluent, it continues to an issue at times. Particularly since the Dutch language itself is very straightforward. A spade is a spade is a spade.

[Dandelion]

I wish Flemish people had this perk. But we don't. We keep more to ourselves and tend to back-stab.

[The Lawspeaker]

I wish Flemish people had this perk. But we don't. We keep more to ourselves and tend to back-stab.

You're not half as bad as you think you are. The language is just as straightforward though.

[The Lawspeaker]

Simon Schama, a British Jew, really captures the essence:


Simon Schama: Rembrandt's Greatest Vision ('The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis')

Excerpt from Simon Schama's 'The Power of Art'.

[The Lawspeaker]

I think it's ironic that those that manage to explain Dutchness are Jews: Simon Schama, Jonathan Israel and Carl Sagan.

[The Lawspeaker]

Jonathan Israel on Dutch Culture

Historian Jonathan Israel interviewed in Oxford by Max Pam. Professor Israel discusses Spinoza, the Enlightenment, Pim Fortuyn, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and a few other pressing issues in the current Dutch public debate.

[Selurong]

Simon Schama, a British Jew, really captures the essence:


Simon Schama: Rembrandt's Greatest Vision ('The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis')

Excerpt from Simon Schama's 'The Power of Art'.

Lol Rembrandt. I like his painting: "The Prodigal Son" better than his other painting. Lolz.

[Selurong]

I like the quotation of Simon Schama. "The Dutch is like the painting, a work in progress"

And my my my how the Dutch is so progressive as a people.

[The Lawspeaker]

I like the quotation of Simon Schama. "The Dutch is like the painting, a work in progress"

And my my my how the Dutch is so progressive as a people.

Progressive is not the right word. I think we're more pragmatic: things need to work and if they don't ? They'll go.

[Anglojew]

I think it's ironic that those that manage to explain Dutchness are Jews: Simon Schama, Jonathan Israel and Carl Sagan.

Outside perspective