I love Dutch, but I’m sorry to say it sounds like a joke language to Germans.
A bicycle is a “fiets” (pronounced like English “feets”).
A small motorcycle is a “bromfiets”.
A bicycle with a gas engine is a “snorrfiets”.
On cycle paths where motorcycles are banned, there’s a sign:
“Dus niet brommen of snorren”.A bicycle rental is advertized with “fietsen huren” and you can rent a bike on huren.nl (“Find de beste huurdeal”)
(Huren is the German word for prostitutes)Silly Germans. :-)
How do you mention the absurdity of the Dutch language and not include
"neuken in de keuken"
? ;)
My Parisian waiter when I say “Merci Beaucoup, Bonne soirée monsieur”
Parisian waiters are like that to everyone.
The word is “polyglot.”
Fuck you I’ll be pentalingual if I want to be
I love when people call me polyglot when I only know three languages, lol.
“woah, u ken rite inglish an brittish? ur laik a total poll e glott!”
Met an old British guy in a bar the other day, he kept commenting how good my English was. I think he meant well, but it rubbed me the wrong way at some like yeah, it’s not that hard, you know.
i mean, have you heard the average british dialect?
That’s why Tolkien invented Elvish.
He never learnt to speak any existing language.
Waiters in Alsace (Eastern France) will reply in German when you try to practice your French.
They reply in French when you speak German.
When you talk to them in Alsatian or Pfälzisch, they’ll introduce you to their grandma who will cook for you till you burst.