▲ 528 ▼ Nobody: ... Influencers in Dubai: (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/memes@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 10 points 5 months ago (2 children) The Dutch word for it is "leedvermaak", incidentally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Leedvermaak: the experience of joy or satisfaction at someone else's pain or displeasure, but whilst standing on/near a dike/dam/floodgate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Precies. Ik vind het heerlijke. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) God I love Dutch. You look at it, and you think, if I stare at this long enough, I can make it out. Most of the words are about the same size, and there has to be some Latin bases here and there... nope... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Hehe, I'm married to a Dutch woman. I'm an American of non-European descent, for context. I speak Gujarati and Spanish and a smidge of Hindi and Japanese, other than English. She speaks Dutch, Danish, German, and English. When I moved to the Netherlands, I told her "We both know something about languages. I have to say this: speaking Dutch is like speaking German while spitting out your teeth after someone punched you in the mouth." She answered back, and I'm paraphrasing, "Tja, het is wel toepasselijk dat "Dutch Directness" het eerste is wat jij onder de knie hebt, jij Amerikaanse betweter." "Schat, dat is wel het meest diplomatieke wat ik vandaag had kunnen zeggen, gezien de daden van de VOC in het land van mijn voorouders." "Touché!" "Jazeker!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Leedvermaak: the experience of joy or satisfaction at someone else's pain or displeasure, but whilst standing on/near a dike/dam/floodgate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Precies. Ik vind het heerlijke. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Precies. Ik vind het heerlijke. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) God I love Dutch. You look at it, and you think, if I stare at this long enough, I can make it out. Most of the words are about the same size, and there has to be some Latin bases here and there... nope... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Hehe, I'm married to a Dutch woman. I'm an American of non-European descent, for context. I speak Gujarati and Spanish and a smidge of Hindi and Japanese, other than English. She speaks Dutch, Danish, German, and English. When I moved to the Netherlands, I told her "We both know something about languages. I have to say this: speaking Dutch is like speaking German while spitting out your teeth after someone punched you in the mouth." She answered back, and I'm paraphrasing, "Tja, het is wel toepasselijk dat "Dutch Directness" het eerste is wat jij onder de knie hebt, jij Amerikaanse betweter." "Schat, dat is wel het meest diplomatieke wat ik vandaag had kunnen zeggen, gezien de daden van de VOC in het land van mijn voorouders." "Touché!" "Jazeker!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Hehe, I'm married to a Dutch woman. I'm an American of non-European descent, for context. I speak Gujarati and Spanish and a smidge of Hindi and Japanese, other than English. She speaks Dutch, Danish, German, and English. When I moved to the Netherlands, I told her "We both know something about languages. I have to say this: speaking Dutch is like speaking German while spitting out your teeth after someone punched you in the mouth." She answered back, and I'm paraphrasing, "Tja, het is wel toepasselijk dat "Dutch Directness" het eerste is wat jij onder de knie hebt, jij Amerikaanse betweter." "Schat, dat is wel het meest diplomatieke wat ik vandaag had kunnen zeggen, gezien de daden van de VOC in het land van mijn voorouders." "Touché!" "Jazeker!" permalink fedilink source parent
