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"German volunteers learning Dutch who’d drunk enough vodka to achieve a blood alcohol level of 0.04 per cent (approximately equivalent to just under a pint of b
by chanandler_bong 7y ago
"German volunteers learning Dutch who’d drunk enough vodka to achieve a blood alcohol level of 0.04 per cent (approximately equivalent to just under a pint of beer for a 70kg male) were rated by independent Dutch speakers as speaking the language more proficiently during a short-test"
Based on my limited exposure to Dutch, this sounds about right; drunken German.
Edit: "Als vliegen achter vliegen vliegen, vliegen vliegen vliegensvlug."
- BigJ1211 7y agoWe generally say if you shout Dutch it sounds German (especially if you do it in a certain way). So I guess the reverse also holds true somewhat. Though I think in general people who've had a drink or two speak more 'fluently' in foreign languages. Mostly because they don't think too much about what they're trying to say. Also translation: "If flies fly behind flies, flies fly flight speed" (in general the translation for vliegensvlug is 'as fast as lightning' which isn't really accurate and I suppose a better translation is "a bird's flight(speed)" than lightning)
- Doxin 7y agoAs soon as a word has three (or more) meanings you can suddenly create silly long sentences with one word in dutch: Als in bergen bergen bergen bergen, dan bergen bergen bergen in bergen. If mountains hide mountains in bergen (a place name) then mountains hide mountains in bergen. And similarly: Als zeven zeven zeven zeven, dan zeven zeven zeven zeven If seven sieves sieve sieves, then seven sieves sieve sieves. (this one works surprisingly well in english too)
- onemoresoop 7y agoThis has probably to do with the inhibition factor that many but not all learners of a foreign language have.
- pault 7y agoThis is true of all languages. The biggest barrier to learning a language is fear of embarrassment.
- mdemare 7y agoNo, "Als achter vliegen vliegen vliegen, vliegen vliegen vliegensvlug."