• @[email protected]
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    752 months ago

    This “cuck” is probably an anglicism.

    Also, the barrier between English and Dutch is pretty flimsy.

      • @MissJinx
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        62 months ago

        I don’t speak dutch and this is very clear. Is that what dutch is? English but like a 4yo is talking

        • @cybersandwich
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          202 months ago

          I’ve heard it described as “a drunk British sailor trying to speak German”.

    • Dr. Wesker
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      2 months ago

      I wish the Dutch would respect my barriers more.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        212 months ago

        You know, a few hundred years ago, they respect the barriers even less.

        Especially to their colonies.

          • @Shou
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            12 months ago

            Didn’t every language start as a dialect?

            • @[email protected]
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              12 months ago

              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.

  • @ThePyroPython
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    322 months ago

    The Dutch invented the cuck-chair confirmed.

  • @jpreston2005
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    252 months ago

    Translates to “yess, The cuck chair is still available”

    Though I think it’s actually for sitting next to a wheelchair bound companion, or to sit while holding your bike out of the way of the aisle.

    • @Etterra
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      52 months ago

      Thank you, because I had no idea what the hell that sentence was saying. It turns out that not everything transcends languages. Understanding what words mean is actually pretty fucking important.

    • @renzev
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      52 months ago

      I always assumed that they’re that way because a second chair would block the door.

      • @jpreston2005
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        12 months ago

        Oh yeah, you may be right. I saw some trains in NL have upper sections, and the last row before the stairwell will have just one chair to give people space to negotiate it. So that could be it as well