I believe you used pretty much the same joke several years ago when Jamie was going to Amsterdam and you gave her a Deutsch dictionary. It's still pretty funny, though.
On a serious note, you can begin learning Dutch by downloading Pimsleur Dutch program, that's a good way to get your toes wet. Then take a university course on Dutch.
After that, consider living in Holland, or Belgium, don't forget, Belgium is half Dutch-speaking. Dutch is also one of the common internet languages, so there's lots of opportunities for reading practice.
The reason I was asking is because I would like to spend a lot of time in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium because my new boyfriend is Flemish, and we are both suspecting this will be a long term thing. Fortunately, the city he lives in pronounces their r's the French way, unlike the rest of the Dutch-speaking world, and I happen to be incapable of rolling my r's the regular Dutch way, so this is good for me.
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It's been nearly a decade since then, so I think I'm probably allowed to repeat the joke, though ;)
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How do you become fluent in Dutch?
Take off their hats.
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After that, consider living in Holland, or Belgium, don't forget, Belgium is half Dutch-speaking. Dutch is also one of the common internet languages, so there's lots of opportunities for reading practice.
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The reason I was asking is because I would like to spend a lot of time in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium because my new boyfriend is Flemish, and we are both suspecting this will be a long term thing. Fortunately, the city he lives in pronounces their r's the French way, unlike the rest of the Dutch-speaking world, and I happen to be incapable of rolling my r's the regular Dutch way, so this is good for me.
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