I thought you English always start the tournament in reverse, realize it's in reverse, switch to neutral in the next game, and by the time you realize it's stuck in neutral and can't get it into first gear the group stage is over... or is that just me?
Vlaams, natuurlijk! No, just joking! I like Dutch because it is like old English. Words like lopen and rekening exist in English (lope and reckoning) and you can mainly understand it when you learn the basics. French is as crazy as English! Football question - is 'vrij' in Stefan de vrij pronounced like it is normally? Our commentator says it more like vrai (in French). He is an idiot, but he can say 'ij' in Wijnaldum correctly.
Yes, its a hard IJ, like the Dutch word ei(egg). in German you'd pronounce it like Frei but with a V.