@04 fotokopje:Foreign EyeThere certainly is a difference between homeless people in Holland and Eastern Europe. During my first year in Holland I was standing on a train station platform, when this black homeless guy approached me.
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My knowledge of Dutch was enough to understand that he was homeless and wanted money. Pretty much penniless myself, I quickly devised a cunning plan to get rid of him: I began speaking in English, explaining that I was sorry, but I didn’t understand Dutch. Well…no sooner were these words out of my mouth then this toothless tramp had switched to fluent English and was effortlessly repeating everything he’d just said in Dutch a moment ago! I was stunned. And yes, he got my spare change!
(Photo/Caption: Pavel Prokopchik, BSc, Russia)
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@04 fotokopje:Foreign Eye
There certainly is a difference between homeless people in Holland and Eastern Europe. During my first year in Holland I was standing on a train station platform, when this black homeless guy approached me. My knowledge of Dutch was enough to understand that he was homeless and wanted money. Pretty much penniless myself, I quickly devised a cunning plan to get rid of him: I began speaking in English, explaining that I was sorry, but I didn’t understand Dutch. Well…no sooner were these words out of my mouth then this toothless tramp had switched to fluent English and was effortlessly repeating everything he’d just said in Dutch a moment ago! I was stunned. And yes, he got my spare change!
(Photo/Caption: Pavel Prokopchik, BSc, Russia)
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