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My father was born in Amsterdam, Holland on January 23, l897 and came to America in October of 1923. He married my mother, who was born in Waterloo, France, in March of 1928. She came to America at the age of three so she learned to speak English at an early age. When I was young and learning about English in school, I asked my father to teach me to speak Dutch. He told me that he was an American and he only spoke English. I still have his pocket Dutch/English dictionary that he used. As time past, I became acquainted with a Dutch cousin who speaks 5 languages including English which she was taught in school. All immigrants that go to live in the Netherlands have to learn that language to survive there. I feel very strongly that if a person wants to live in any country other than their birth country they should want to learn that country's language.

D.W., Michigan

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