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My favorite word in Dutch is morning greeting: goeiemorgen. In Russian it sounds like dick-morgen which is ridiculous if you're native Russian speaker. This son
by art3m 3y ago
My favorite word in Dutch is morning greeting: goeiemorgen. In Russian it sounds like dick-morgen which is ridiculous if you're native Russian speaker. This song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9H-ffphZf8&ab_channel=EurovisionGOLD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9H-ffphZf8&ab_channel=Eurov...) even went viral in Russia because of this (goeiedag sounds like bullshit also).
P.S. Link from the post doesn't open in Russia ("Country blocked") and I had to use VPN to read it lol. It's ONGEZELLIG to block someone read article about cozy and ecologic living.
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- vanger 3y agoInteresting fact - there is a russian word for the feeling you are experiencing - when you feel bad because you understand that your opponent is having a point, you feel bad about it but instead of admitting it you are trying to be sarcastic - it is called "prigorayet" and is always associated with burning sensation just below your lower back.
- unconed 3y agoI'm not trying to be sarcastic, in my experience my definition is actually spot on. My opinion on the conflict in Ukraine is that one crooked state is fighting another, each side is fighting dirty, and neither side deserves my tax money for it. And I especially will not cheer on yet another conflict that the US has its dirty fingers in. But calling it genocide is either hysteria or outright propaganda. We're not talking Rwanda here. For the rest of your comment: get better at modeling your opponents before you psychoanalyze their feelings.
- Fnoord 3y agoThe Russians residing in Russia who visit this website and express they use a VPN to access blocked content are likely to disagree with Putin and his cronies. Chances are they know what's up.
- usrnm 3y agoA bit late to jump on your high horse, m8, it's an American site after all
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- pieter_mj 3y agoFor context, the performers Nicole & Hugo are from the Flemish (Dutch speaking) part of Belgium, not the Netherlands. Nicole recently passed away.
- Fnoord 3y agoTrust me, Russian can be equally hilarious for us Dutch. Its just that Dutch is a less widely spoken language. Blyat for example almost reads like blaat which to us is the sound a sheep makes. It also refers to blaten, talking nonsense. The English word cunt sounds like the Dutch kunt which means can (je kunt means you can). Kunt gets censored in a popular game, even if the rest of sentence is Dutch. Then we have German where an English listener might think bisschen means bitch, and generally an English speaker might think a German is angry while its just the sound of the language (in contrast to, say, French). Recently, some Dutch song (I think it was Belgian?) went viral in Ukraine as well. Anyway, as a native Dutch speaker with autism, gezellig is equal to Orwellian double speak like Russian pravda (theres other examples, too). If its gezellig for others, it might very well not be for me. Or its tokkie level (tokkie = white trash). In other words, not a word I value when others use it. EDIT: I believe you might find this song by a comedian weird for different reasons than intended: https://youtu.be/ATdRtTtzZ3c https://youtu.be/ATdRtTtzZ3c (he is singing good morning, good afternoon, its like this: I am a customer).
- art3m 3y agoIt’s interesting, thanks. I played in Gran Turismo with Dutch folks and they taught me to swear a bit.
- axpvms 3y agoDutch can also sound exquisitely hilarious to an English speaker, hoor.
- kschiffer 3y agoOr a German speaker–or any other language speaker I guess...
- deafpolygon 3y agoJa, hoor!~
- hydrok9 3y agoIm a native English speaker and spent 2.5 weeks in NL, by the end i was getting nauseous from all the "oo's", "ieu's", and words that my head could almost understand but not quite.
- aequitas 3y agoOr what about the polite Dutch for thank you: 'Dank u', which in French is heard as 'Dans cul', which is something completely different.