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[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Honestly a great comeback for someone who gets called daddy against their will lol

[–] [email protected] 111 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's not even the dutch flag

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

but it is ? right ? colors a bit pale, but... I think it is

[–] Nejo 44 points 2 days ago

The lighter colours means it's the Luxembourg flag.

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

Yup, unless Wikipedia is lying:

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That is the flag of the Netherlands. This is the flag of Luxembourg:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

True. This is the flag of Chad:

This is the flag of Romania:

And this is the flag of Andorra:

Must be frustrating to be a vexillologist sometimes 😄

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We all know Dutch isn't real, it's a prank played by the Dutch people on the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's so obvious too that it's a fake language because they all speak English.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We will still give you forms in our made up language. It's hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

All languages are made up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I prefer to learn languages actually used by nations worldwide, like Klingon or toki pona

[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Tbf, there's nothing serious about the sentence "spank me daddy".

[–] pastermil 18 points 2 days ago

Fair enough.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Uhh depends on the context

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This translation is off. The Dutch translation is too nice compared to what the English is trying to convey.

Translating it back it would mean "Hit me dad"

A more literal Dutch translation of the first sentence would be "Geef me kletsen pappie"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Oh man, that's so much more serious

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Sla mij, vader.

[–] pastermil 2 points 2 days ago

The more you know lol

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Are you kidding. I love this!
Every time I see a dutch sentence I got a bigger and bigger feeling that it is the german language with the poetry of a romance one. chef's kiss

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I still find it weird that the word daddy, you know, the word you lovingly use as a child for your father also has a very sexual other use.

I dont know what you guys do or did with your dad when you where little but this is just beyond crazy.

Or does the entire US population has oudipus complex?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I take it you've never broken both your arms

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

What are you doing, step-Hadriscus?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

It’s not just a US thing

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Daddy" somehow made its way out of the DD/lg or DD/lb kink all the way into vanilla sex world, somehow. I have idea how it did that but yeah, it used to be contained within a specific, semi-popular kink

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The oldest use of "X's daddy" to refer to someone other than X's father or father figure dates back to 1681... It was used by prostitutes "in reference to their pimps or to an older male customer. The connection was that pimps - a mostly male group - took care of the prostitutes financially, much like how a father provides for his child's financial needs.

https://www.acelinguist.com/2017/11/the-deal-with-daddy.html?m=1

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

We are all collectively trolling the prudes

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Too many people had absent fathers probably

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Dutch words in general are insane. My favorite is Schildpad=turtle. Which literally means "shield Toad"

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Exact same usage in German: Schildkröte.

But its not like the English language doesn't do the exact same thing.

Most languages: Ananas

English: pineapple

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Same in Swedish, "sköldpadda". Literally shield toad.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Gets even weirder in Finnish, because it's "kilpikonna". Someone in ye olde times just straight up translated the Swedish name. Got none of the Indo-European roots in sight, but it still makes sense. Vaguely toady creature that has shields!

(Only problem are the homonyms. "kilpi" also means registration plate, and "konna" also means "villain, thief". So every time some random person goes around nicking plates off cars, the journalists think they are very clever again, even when the joke has been made before numerous times. Poor turtles! They don't deserve this!)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Dutch is so whimsical. I personally giggle at winkelwagen. Winkel = shop, wagen = cart. Also, love that they say helaas pindakaas, meaning "that's too bad", but if literally translated means "unfortunately, peanut butter."

[–] prettybunnys 14 points 2 days ago

Uh oh, spaghettios

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pindakaas literally translates to peanut cheese. IIRC someone trademark protected the word meaning peanut butter, thereby forcing everyone else to call it kaas (cheese) instead?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

TIL you can trademark everyday words in the NL. I need to read more about this!

Edit: turns out this is why

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It's the same in many other languages, it's not a good example of Dutch being silly.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Actually the proper term is 'billenkoek'

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Which translates to 'buttocks biscuits' literally

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Right? They totally missed the actual insane part. And this is a word that Dutch people really use.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago

I see the Scots Wikipedia guy has found a new way to pass the time.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Had to go to translator and confirm this one.

Damn. Wow.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tbf, I think it's translated to "give me a clap papa". But I'm basing that on interpolation as a swede

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Alternative caption: Google Translate is not a serious translator.

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