Welke Taal Spreek je?

They often say that life imitates art and I can agree wholeheartedly with that sentiment because in the past 3 years I have turned into Officer Crabtree from the BBC series Allo Allo. Crabtree, you may remember, was the Englishman posing as a gendarme in occupied France during WWII or WOII, depending on whether you are reading this in England or Belgium. His famous catchphrase was "Good moaning". It's only since being here in Belgium that I can appreciate what a suberb piece of comic writing this was from the shows creators. Have you ever been looked at as if:
a) you have just stepped off of a spaceship from another galaxy- see prologue
b) you are mental
c) you have a speech impediment
d) you are mental and have a speech impediment
I have.
Try speaking Dutch to a Belgian.
Dutch is the 3rd most difficult language in the known universe to learn. For the record, the 2nd most difficult is that clicky tongue thing that tribal Namibians do and 1st is Fish.
I have been learning Dutch for around 18 months and find it to be...madness.
"This is not madness...this is Dutch!"
I shall be writing a lot over the coming months about learning Dutch. Watch this space...