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[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This "cuck" is probably an anglicism.

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

[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

I've heard it described as "a drunk British sailor trying to speak German".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You mean something that sounds dumb in English also sounds dumb in Dutch? Wow!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I wish the Dutch would respect my barriers more.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

Especially to their colonies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A few hundred years ago, their language was a German dialect!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn't every language start as a dialect?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We only respect water barriers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Clearly, you've never heard of the Dutch East India Company

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The "VOC" is standard material in history class.

What Thekingoflorda is referring to is flood control in the Netherlands.