Scene: The most popular market in Amsterdam (not the textile one). A man stands behind several crates of the largest carrots on earth. Brooke walks up wearing the same thing she has worn the last few days, ready to chat with people.
Brooke: Hello!
Man: Hi there.
Brooke: (pointing to a carrot) What is the word for this in Dutch?
Man: Vortel.
Brooke: Wogtern?
Man: Vortel
Brooke: Goltenp.
Man: Vor…
Brooke: Wem…
Man: V…
Brooke: Nevermind, thank you.
Man: Don’t mention it.
Your sheep or mine 
[…] only one part that so complicated that no matter how many times I visit the grocery store and no matter how many wortels I buy, I still haven’t learned it. Every single time I’ve almost made it through a […]
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hahahahahaha oh no!!! maybe focus on one new dutch word everytime you visit the market! wait till you find “schorseneren”, good luck pronouncing that!
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Oh no! I’ll need another few months of practice before I can even think about buying schorseneren. This week I’m on zoete aardappel.
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