It’s probably a really strange experience for English people to hear about, but when I walk around in the country that I am currently in, I see so much English that I was considering making a video about it.
This, however, takes the cake.
“Be surprised by every season” it says.
I continue reading and instantly experience a profound level of cognitive disconnect because it then talks about rust, privacy and comfort.
Eh, what?!!
They might as well have put “Jeu de boules, pizza, nasi, sushi” at the top of the 📃. It would have prepared me for the DNA in the sand, too. (The Dutch sucks too, btw. Say I but right outspokenlijk-like. It’s a partly lovely attempt at poetic language that possibly got messed up by the site editor.)
The kicker? You can stay at one of “de beachlodges”.
Like I said, I see a lot of English all around me. (Most buttons and so on, too, have English words on them.) Most of it is perfectly fine. The only negative thing that stood out before I ran into this was the misuse (disadvantageous ambiguity) of “little” in a business name. It may have been “little sunshine”.
Why do the Dutch do this?
- Dutch has a much smaller vocabulary (but most Dutch folks make little use of the greater English vocabulary).
- English is far more succinct. English takes up a lot less space, so you can get to the point and get it across much more easily.
- It’s a tiny country.
Did you too expect that this “Sand” might be near Amsterdam or Rotterdam, perhaps and hoping to attract tourists? I was surprised to learn that it’s in the north east, closer to Germany than to the UK.
Oh. It’s not even cottages and such that are available for a stay. It’s an investment opportunity. Real estate. Property. So it’s case of Trumpianism.
(YouTube popped it up for me a few times. An ad. I got curious and clicked.)
