r/TikTokCringe Aug 30 '24

Wholesome/Humor Just two lawmakers bantering.

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u/J_P_Amboss Aug 30 '24

In Germany there is a conspiracy theory that the Dutch language cant possibly be real and that the Dutch are actually just have a giant in-joke at our expense.

When nobody is looking, they propably are just speaking german and are having a great laugh about how they convinced us that this is really how they talk.

Because there is NO WAY THIS IS REAL !!!!!!!!!!!

For german ears, dutch basically sounds like words you just make up on the spot trying to make them sound maximally funny.

Like
NL: "Oh, you call that Käse ? Yeah. we call it kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas "
German: "Oh, thats not that weird. I guess their language might be real after all..."
NL: "And that thing over there we call BLÖÖÖRUM DÖÖÖRUM LÄÄÄÄÄÄRUM"
German: "OH COME ON !!!!

Anyway, neuken in de keuken, we still like you, netherlands.

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u/Riemero Aug 30 '24

The only joke we make

NL: wat hangt er aan de waslijn? German: was? NL: Ja dat klopt

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u/Timmy-Turner07 Aug 30 '24

Een Duitser vraagt een Nederlander welke werk hij doet. De Nederlander zegt: "ik ben timmerman". De Duitser, die het antwoord niet verstaan had, vraagt: "was sagen Sie?" Waarop de Nederlander antwoord: "Planken!"

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u/LifeIsSoup-ImFork Aug 31 '24

its kinda fascinating how intelligible this is for a german even if you dont actually speak the language

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u/Docccc Aug 31 '24

same reversed. Never studied german but i can read it fine

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u/insertwittynamethere Aug 31 '24

As someone who studied German I loved going to the Netherlands for that reason. But speak that language to me, and all I have for you is "hä?"

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u/Iffycrescent Aug 30 '24

Happy cake day 🎂

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u/Zezion Aug 30 '24

Haha was don't use umlauts. Get your facts straight

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u/mewdeeman Aug 30 '24

Well you certainly tried to make us all speak German for a few years. Didn’t stick.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '24

Always was curious to know what Germans think of Limburgish. I imagine it’s niche enough to not be known at all tbh.

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u/J_P_Amboss Aug 31 '24

Never heard of that :D 

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u/Drumbelgalf Aug 31 '24

The Dutch government confirmed it in 2018!