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   From: nospam@this.addy   
      
   Searles O'Dubhain wrote:   
   >   
   > I've heard Dutch from some of my former in-laws though only in nursery   
   > rhymes. It sounded more like English to me then but that was because   
   > the person speaking was from Holland, Michigan.   
      
   Not necessarily. English is a West Germanic language like Dutch and   
   modern High German, with Dutch said to be somewhere "between the two",   
   feeling-wise. So Dutch has a tendency to sound English to native English   
   speakers and German to native German speakers. You're not alone.   
      
   Make sure to watch your fellow Dutch traveller's facial expression, would   
   you ever fly into Zurich International Airport. There's a sign reading   
   "Welcome to Kloten" which is the town's official name. Kloten in   
   Nederlands means "testicles".   
      
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