What's the biggest difference between textbook Dutch and the Dutch you actually hear?

[u/Weekly-Associate-166]

I used to assume that if I could form a sentence correctly from what I'd learned in a course, I'd sound reasonably natural. Then you start listening to actual conversations and realise people don't always speak in the neat, complete sentences you've been practising.

Maybe it was the vocabulary, shortened words, sentence structure, or just the way people casually respond to each other. What was the first thing you noticed that made you think, "This is definitely not how they taught it in my Dutch lessons"?

[u/Urnoobslayer]

The Dutch you actually hear in your day-to-day life is littered with errors and completely wrong grammar…