(Screenshot of a social media post, user posting an image of Jar Jar Binks with a speech bubble for the post replied to. Post is from a Dutch politician stating "We hebben een serieus probleem met de politieke ontwikkelingen mbt de dwangwet en ik hoop dat dat de komende dagen kan worden opgelost. ")

Also, who can forget this favorite

(Screenshot of a translator app.
English: spank me daddy.
Dutch: geef me een klap papa)

    • jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      I disagree. This is a common stereotype, but if you actually listen to Germans talk it feels quite a bit softer

        • InFerNo@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          11 hours ago

          Flemish sounds funny?

          Jullie klinken alsof je constant rochelt terwijl je praat.

          Flemish is so much softer, and quite a bit of vocabulary is different, which could lead to confusing situations.

          • sepiroth154@feddit.nlEnglish
            2·
            9 hours ago

            I completely agree with everything else you said but you call “fucking” “shitting” and that’s just hilarious.

            • InFerNo@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              2 hours ago

              Except we don’t. There’s a very distinct length in the “oe” sounds. Short is fucking, long is pooping. It’s like the difference between “e” and “ee”.

              Try to pronounce it with these e sounds, then replace them with the oe sounds. That’s the difference.