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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish75•3 months agoThis “cuck” is probably an anglicism. Also, the barrier between English and Dutch is pretty flimsy.
minus-square@MissJinxlinkEnglish6•3 months agoI don’t speak dutch and this is very clear. Is that what dutch is? English but like a 4yo is talking
minus-square@cybersandwichlinkEnglish20•3 months agoI’ve heard it described as “a drunk British sailor trying to speak German”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoYou mean something that sounds dumb in English also sounds dumb in Dutch? Wow!
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkfedilinkEnglish33•edit-23 months agoI wish the Dutch would respect my barriers more.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish21•3 months agoYou know, a few hundred years ago, they respect the barriers even less. Especially to their colonies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 months agoA few hundred years ago, their language was a German dialect!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoPossibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn’t happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren’t nearly dead.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish14•3 months agoClearly, you’ve never heard of the Dutch East India Company
minus-squarekindenoughlinkfedilink4•3 months agoThe “VOC” is standard material in history class. What Thekingoflorda is referring to is flood control in the Netherlands.
This “cuck” is probably an anglicism.
Also, the barrier between English and Dutch is pretty flimsy.
I don’t speak dutch and this is very clear. Is that what dutch is? English but like a 4yo is talking
I’ve heard it described as “a drunk British sailor trying to speak German”.
You mean something that sounds dumb in English also sounds dumb in Dutch? Wow!
I wish the Dutch would respect my barriers more.
You know, a few hundred years ago, they respect the barriers even less.
Especially to their colonies.
A few hundred years ago, their language was a German dialect!
Didn’t every language start as a dialect?
Possibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn’t happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren’t nearly dead.
We only respect water barriers.
Clearly, you’ve never heard of the Dutch East India Company
The “VOC” is standard material in history class.
What Thekingoflorda is referring to is flood control in the Netherlands.