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Re: What is Groet? (nt)
Ah, OK. Must've been a typo then. I can only go by what Dutchies have said to me.I don't think I'm deliberately being standoffish but being too convivial would feel kind of false considering we're all (mostly?) strangers communicating through computers - maybe I'm making too much of that?For depression and autism, not in the clinical sense, maybe the wider hypochondriac sense. As for lonely, well, if I wasn't, sitting typing and ignoring someone in the room would probably be even more standoffish for them.For interacting with me, erm, I don't think I'm that good at judging (or keeping in mind) how I come across so it's probably best to ignore tone or choice of words and focus on literal, explicit meanings. I don't know, people don't normally ask these kind of questions but then maybe it's not as awkward to broach the subject.
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Apart from the speed of the language and so on, the problem with trying to learn Dutch is they always want to speak English - especially when they realise you are rubbish at it.
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