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[–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh nothing other than their language related warcrimes, really otherwise wonderful

[–] omgarm@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

Dit pik ik niet. Na school achter het fietsenhok of anders.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just to translate for my countryman /u/omgarm:

'I won't tolerate this. I'll see you after school behind the bicycle parking.... or else.'

Being a quintessentially Dutch high school type of inviting you to fisticuffs. And also our most severe declaration of war since the trema/umlaut war with Germany.

[–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hahah ! Thanks for sharing. That's fun. Horrible language still tho ;)

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Horrible language still tho ;)

Yeah not the most aesthetically pleasing, for sure, however it has its good sides, just like Swahili.

It's main point is to confuse English speakers who try to learn German and to provoke the German extreme right by using guttural sounds that are only common in Hebrew.

However we're the most prolific communicators in foreign languages because of our communal minority complex, so we've got that going for us.

[–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

How's the old saying?

You speak English because it's all you know

I speak English because it's all you know

Haha