The good intercultural skills of the Dutch !

Sixpack · 04-04-06, 05:15 AM

According to this person from Sri Lanka anyway

From Wiki on my current hometown (well near anyway) Haarlem.
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I am a Tamil from Tamil-Eelam (presently Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka). Wonder how I am connected to Haarlem? I am, in a sense. I come from a village that was once called "Haorlem" . My home town is 'Nainativu', a tiny island, in the Jaffna District of Northern Sri Lanka. The Dutch captured our Kingdom of Jaffna in 1658 A.D. from the Portuguese who had earlier defeated the Tamil King Sangili Raja in 1619 and taken our kingdom. It is recorded that the Dutch were more peaceful than the Portuguese in their dealings with the local people. They however re-named many towns and gave Dutch names for them. My home town of Nainativu was re-named Haorlem by the Dutch at that time. There were other towns which were given Dutch names such as Delft, Middleberg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hammenheil, Kayts, Point Pedro and so on. After the Dutch left in 1796 A.D., most towns went back to their previous Tamil names. Haorlem became Nainativu again. However, a few towns retain their Dutch names (such as Delft, Kayts, Point Pedro, Hammenheil, etc.) until now.

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Now, hit me !!!!!

I always read Dutchmen are considered to be so direct and rude by people of other nationalities. Well, I certainly never tried to convince the lot of you here otherwise

And yes 'read' because they'll never say it to your face. Talking behind one's back is considered more polite than frankness, I guess

So, this is your opportunity to express your take on the Dutch without reservations; the people, the culture, the politics, the military, whatever etc. :hmm:

EDITED because the English in this post didnt make much sense, I guess.

04-04-06, 05:15 AM	#1
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The good intercultural skills of the Dutch ! According to this person from Sri Lanka anyway From Wiki on my current hometown (well near anyway) Haarlem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Talk:Haarlem From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search I am a Tamil from Tamil-Eelam (presently Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka). Wonder how I am connected to Haarlem? I am, in a sense. I come from a village that was once called "Haorlem" . My home town is 'Nainativu', a tiny island, in the Jaffna District of Northern Sri Lanka. The Dutch captured our Kingdom of Jaffna in 1658 A.D. from the Portuguese who had earlier defeated the Tamil King Sangili Raja in 1619 and taken our kingdom. It is recorded that the Dutch were more peaceful than the Portuguese in their dealings with the local people. They however re-named many towns and gave Dutch names for them. My home town of Nainativu was re-named Haorlem by the Dutch at that time. There were other towns which were given Dutch names such as Delft, Middleberg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hammenheil, Kayts, Point Pedro and so on. After the Dutch left in 1796 A.D., most towns went back to their previous Tamil names. Haorlem became Nainativu again. However, a few towns retain their Dutch names (such as Delft, Kayts, Point Pedro, Hammenheil, etc.) until now. nagesu.singam@gmail.com Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Haarlem" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, hit me !!!!! I always read Dutchmen are considered to be so direct and rude by people of other nationalities. Well, I certainly never tried to convince the lot of you here otherwise And yes 'read' because they'll never say it to your face. Talking behind one's back is considered more polite than frankness, I guess So, this is your opportunity to express your take on the Dutch without reservations; the people, the culture, the politics, the military, whatever etc. :hmm: EDITED because the English in this post didnt make much sense, I guess. __________________ \"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse\"