All the Dutch seem to speak English better than the English do
I remember the first time I went to Holland back in 1981, arriving on a Sunday evening in a Sigma 36 we were delivering to Muiden on the Ijselmeer. We started chatting to this Dutch fellow & his 10 year old son who were packing up their boat in the next berth. Of course, they both spoke perfect English, but what struck me most was that the young lad could speak it in a Coronation Street accent, a Dallas accent, a Beatles accent & so on.
