Nederlandse
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:39 am
As I wrote on the other thread, for some time I have been corresponding with the great old Dutch flyer, Ad Schaerlaeckens.
Ad writes articles in English and Dutch on his website, and his "logboek" (logbook) is a gold mine of gems of wisdom. Both of de Duivensport and human nature.
I grew up speaking one language, English, and a little Maori. Kia ora katoa!
More recently I have leaned a little Telegu, a dialect from southern India, from working with Indian people. Namaskaram. Chala manchi di!
But now I am starting to think in Dutch, from spending so much time reading articles in both languages.
I found myself describing a pigeon in my loft book as " Een goed blauw jongen van Davey Cox." or, A good blue youngster from Davey Cox.
It's only a bit of fun, but language is so interesting, I think.
Ad writes articles in English and Dutch on his website, and his "logboek" (logbook) is a gold mine of gems of wisdom. Both of de Duivensport and human nature.
I grew up speaking one language, English, and a little Maori. Kia ora katoa!
More recently I have leaned a little Telegu, a dialect from southern India, from working with Indian people. Namaskaram. Chala manchi di!
But now I am starting to think in Dutch, from spending so much time reading articles in both languages.
I found myself describing a pigeon in my loft book as " Een goed blauw jongen van Davey Cox." or, A good blue youngster from Davey Cox.
It's only a bit of fun, but language is so interesting, I think.
I have enough trouble with English let alone any other language lol 
I did do French and Spanish at school but couldn't say I learnt much 
