return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoEuropeans of Lemmy, what places in Europe should foreigners avoid at all cost?message-squaremessage-square346fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down116
arrow-up1240arrow-down1message-squareEuropeans of Lemmy, what places in Europe should foreigners avoid at all cost?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square346fedilink
minus-squareLemmyHead@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoTbh even if you speak Dutch, they’ll just reply English. That’s the weird Amsterdam behavior
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI think that’s kinda common in a lot of countries. If you look like you aren’t from there then they will speak in English.
minus-squareLemmyHead@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI dont think so. I even replied in dutch and they still continued in English. The only place that ever happened to me
minus-squareKacarott@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThis happens in a lot of countries. For me I noticed it particularly with young people in Germany, and pretty much anyone in Norway. Can make it slightly frustrating when actively trying to learn the language by speaking with people 😅
Tbh even if you speak Dutch, they’ll just reply English. That’s the weird Amsterdam behavior
I think that’s kinda common in a lot of countries. If you look like you aren’t from there then they will speak in English.
I dont think so. I even replied in dutch and they still continued in English. The only place that ever happened to me
This happens in a lot of countries. For me I noticed it particularly with young people in Germany, and pretty much anyone in Norway.
Can make it slightly frustrating when actively trying to learn the language by speaking with people 😅