Bwaaah! I’m in a blogging funk. I’m not the only one, either. I’ve seen other bloggers asking their readers what they want to see. I feel it’s a bit of a cop-out, but hey, at least this is a post, right? I could write about the Aurora shooting, but I’d be repeating myself. And there are only so many photo posts I feel I can get away with.
So, tell me, what would you want my oh, so uniquely Dutch take on? Let me know in a comment and I’ll see what I can do.
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The way Americans react when they hear your are from ‘Holland’!?
Coming right up.
Maybe a total crazy question!
I hope you know an answer too!
When I hear Americans talk onTV etc. most of them talk in a normal manour!
That are not the ones I’m wondering about.
Often I hear Americans talk, mostly woman, with a sort of speaking from their troath. When they talk it is in a a cracking voice.
It is also lower I think than their actual voce would be if they didn’t do that!
FurstI find it an annoying, irritating way to talk American English.
Secondly that way of talking must be very bad for your voice.
Good luck!
Ah, good question! You see, the female of the species Homo Americanus has an additional little bone in their throats that make them sound like that. This bone usually dissolves over time if they eat enough vegetables, but since Homo Americanus has changed its diet to fast food faster than their glottal bones can evolve away… Nah, just kidding. I have no idea what you mean. What you’re describing sounds like the voice of any woman who has smoked and partied a bit much during her life, but that’s not unique to Americans.
Oooh, I have a topic. So last time I was in Europe (earlier this year in Germany), I was talking to some German’s at a bar after my conference, and they said that it seemed the only historical knowledge American’s had about Germany concerned WWII (they probably said ‘the Nazis’). I said a few things about the Weimar Republic to satiate them. But, what I forgot to ask them was what do Europeans learn about American history? My guess would be something concerning the Civil War and US involvement in European conflicts. But I didn’t go to school in Europe so I don’t know. oMy guess is that most history one learns about other contries has to do with either 1) how those countries relate to them or 2) serious atrocities committed by the other countries. So what US history do students in Holland know about?
Great question. I will write the answer in a post tomorrow.