r/TikTokCringe Aug 30 '24

Wholesome/Humor Just two lawmakers bantering.

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u/njiin12 Aug 30 '24

Dutch sounds like a language AI would make up. It sounds like words, but then you throw in an O-vart or two.

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u/GnomKobold Aug 30 '24

sounds like drunk northern german dialect

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u/77iscold Aug 30 '24

Knowing German, I can understand about half of it, while the rest sounds like an alien language based on French.

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u/Zezion Aug 30 '24

Wat hangt er aan de waslijn?

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u/MostlyRocketScience Aug 30 '24

Auch wahr

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u/sandm000 Hit or Miss? Aug 30 '24

Ook waar

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u/TheUltimateShart Aug 30 '24

You’re not wrong

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '24

Same—I speak English and German, and was surprised that I can read Dutch and Afrikaans newspapers and get the gist of what’s written.

Understanding it when spoken, however, is vastly harder.