Project Gutenberg 2013-07-29 Public domain in the USA. 179 Brown, J. Irwin (John Irwin) 1858 1937 Cuey-na-Gael Brown, John Irwin Irwin Brown, J. (John) An Irishman's Difficulties with the Dutch Language Produced by eagkw, Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Irishman's Difficulties with the Dutch Language" by J. Irwin Brown is a humorous narrative written in the early 20th century. The book follows the comedic misadventures of Jack O'Neill, an Irishman who attempts to master the Dutch language while navigating the cultural differences and linguistic challenges he faces during his time in Holland. The opening of the book introduces us to O'Neill and his friends at Trinity College Dublin, where they express curiosity about O'Neill's recent experiences in Holland. O'Neill reveals his ambition to learn Dutch, lamenting its complexities as he describes the initial struggles he encountered with the language upon arrival. The ensuing sections detail his amusing attempts to buy basic items, engage in conversations, and the resulting misunderstandings, demonstrating both his determination and the humorous absurdities of language learning. Through O'Neill's attempts, readers are drawn into a light-hearted exploration of the challenges of mastering a new language and the cultural nuances that accompany it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Dutch language -- Humor PF Text Category: Humour Category: Travel Writing 185572 2025-09-17T11:58:49.152476 text/html 179015 2024-10-23T17:25:17 text/html 176961 2025-09-17T11:58:53.630957 application/epub+zip 178528 2025-09-17T11:58:50.255470 application/epub+zip 140771 2025-09-17T11:58:49.655487 application/epub+zip 267689 2025-09-17T11:58:56.284930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246232 2025-09-17T11:58:53.132943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199695 2022-09-19T18:24:32.387602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142824 2025-09-17T11:58:48.640509 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142668 2024-11-27T23:41:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15852 2025-09-17T11:58:56.419033 application/rdf+xml 25473 2025-09-17T11:58:49.738461 image/jpeg 3728 2025-09-17T11:58:49.696526 image/jpeg 171639 2025-09-17T11:58:49.175492 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog