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[–] [email protected] 113 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's not even the dutch flag

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

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

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago

The lighter colours means it's the Luxembourg flag.

[–] Viking_Hippie 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yup, unless Wikipedia is lying:

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Opisek 5 points 2 months ago

Not enough carrots.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] PumaStoleMyBluff 8 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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

Fair enough.

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

Uhh depends on the context

[–] Redredme 45 points 2 months 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] 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I take it you've never broken both your arms

[–] Viking_Hippie 11 points 2 months ago

What are you doing, step-Hadriscus?

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[–] bestagon 18 points 2 months ago

It’s not just a US thing

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

Too many people had absent fathers probably

[–] Lemminary 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

We are all collectively trolling the prudes

[–] shneancy 13 points 2 months 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

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[–] Vinny_93 41 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Actually the proper term is 'billenkoek'

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

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

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

Which translates to 'buttocks biscuits' literally

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You're thinking of Bill and Richard, the time-traveling rockers. Wait, that's Bill and Ted... What's Bill and cock?

[–] Viking_Hippie 12 points 2 months ago

What's Bill and cock?

They're from the porn parody: Bill And Cock's Excellent Ass Venture

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

Bill & Cook would be a better way to pronounce it.

[–] dustyData 38 points 2 months 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.

[–] Psythik 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Buddahriffic 5 points 2 months ago

All languages are made up.

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

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

[–] Nuke_the_whales 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

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

[–] JASN_DE 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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

[–] dafo 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] umbraroze 9 points 2 months 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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[–] beansbeansbeans 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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."

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

Uh oh, spaghettios

[–] pirat 5 points 2 months ago (3 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?!

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

Something I like about the language is the homonyms.
Like pad means both toad and path, but then you have a voetpad (foot path/ foot toad), fietspad(cycling path/ bicycle toad) or a zebrapad (zebra crossing/ zebra toad).

The latter ones don’t exist, just to be clear :)

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[–] M137 5 points 2 months ago

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

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit 30 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Had to go to translator and confirm this one.

Damn. Wow.

[–] dafo 15 points 2 months 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] 17 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months 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"

[–] NikkiDimes 7 points 2 months ago

Oh man, that's so much more serious

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

Alternative caption: Google Translate is not a serious translator.

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