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Galderek segituko zuten Amsterdamen geunden bitartean, eta gero, etxera itzuli ondoan ere, ia-ia astero jotzen zuen telefonoak, larunbat goizetan gehienetan, dilindan gelditzen zitzaizkion galderen erantzuna behar baitzuen. Badakit gauza bera egiten zuela Euskal Herriko bertze lagun zenbaitekin ere.
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At the time, a student in the educational system at that university had to make a choice (now, as a result of the European Union, this is all changing): which studies they wanted to concentrate most on in their studies, what was termed the major, and which would be of secondary importance. De Rijk, as I noted, chose mathematics and physics as his major, leaving linguistics as his minor subject, even though he also wanted to concentrate on this. There is an easy and understandable explanation for this decision. Those of us who had the opportunity to know De Rijk know full well that he found it difficult when it came to speaking, because words didn't come easily to him and because it looked like the words were asking him for permission to come out, as if they were searching for some kind of freedom. This embarrassed him to some extent and that's why he didn't do another major in French at that time: he didn't dare do the French exam in front of people.
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