language & culture

[jrh48]

I know AUC advertises that English is understood everywhere on the island, but what do most of the locals speak as their native tongue? French? Dutch? I've heard there is a lot of Spanish. Have any of you picked up the languages?

Are the residents Europeans who moved to St. Maarten, or are they more like the other Caribbean islands, with European, African, and Native cultures mixed together?

[anencephalic]

I know AUC advertises that English is understood everywhere on the island, but what do most of the locals speak as their native tongue? French? Dutch? I've heard there is a lot of Spanish. Have any of you picked up the languages?

Dutch side: English, Dutch, Spanish, Papamientu

French side: French, English

Are the residents Europeans who moved to St. Maarten, or are they more like the other Caribbean islands, with European, African, and Native cultures mixed together?

All of the above, plus medical students!


Aloha,

[stateofequilibrium]

Lucy and the gang speak Spanish at BB's. You'll hear a lot of French on the French side. I just hear English down on the Dutch side.

Speros and Loukas were always plotting in Greek.

Chimi and Magda were always conversing in Polish.

******** just grunted as he ripped open cadaver's chests with his bear hands.

[levator]

Lucy and the gang speak Spanish at BB's. You'll hear a lot of French on the French side. I just hear English down on the Dutch side.

Speros and Loukas were always plotting in Greek.

Chimi and Magda were always conversing in Polish.

******** just grunted as he ripped open cadaver's chests with his bear hands.

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Skipper]

Lucy and the gang speak Spanish at BB's. You'll hear a lot of French on the French side. I just hear English down on the Dutch side.

Speros and Loukas were always plotting in Greek.

Chimi and Magda were always conversing in Polish.

******** just grunted as he ripped open cadaver's chests with his bear hands.

the good old days of ********.... :lol:

the skipper