Re: What's MEXT in English?

From: Dale Walker (dale_at_sorted.org)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:11:06 +0100

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:33:27 +0300, Aki Moilanen
<akmoilan@paju.oulu.fi> wrote:

>Louise Bremner wrote:
>
>> A Dutchman told me he reckoned that Dutch people learn English so
>> easily, not because it's so close to English linguistically, but because
>> the Dutch TV stations are so tight with money, they don't dub
>> foreign-language programs. He had been hearing English from the TV for
>> as long as he could remember, so never had to take that huge step of
>> trying to use bizarre sounds that he'd learnt only in class.
>
>Naturally. IME it makes a huge difference, especially in countries where
>most (entertainment) programmes are imported from UK/USA. But did the
>Dutchman actually say they don't dub because they are tight with money?
>I know I wouldn't dub in any event (except Teletubbies and the like).

Most European countries prefer to read subtitles than dub anyway.

I have to say though that I find the Dutch and Scandinavian countries
have very similar accents to English people, even when speaking their
own language.

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