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"Always the Germans". My Dutch friends will laugh pretty hard at this. It fits in with yelling "Hey, where's my bike?" at German tourists (the Nazis confiscated
by cgh 2y ago
"Always the Germans". My Dutch friends will laugh pretty hard at this. It fits in with yelling "Hey, where's my bike?" at German tourists (the Nazis confiscated Dutch bicycles in WW2 to limit movement) and referring to people from the eastern part of the country as "spare Germans".
- IncreasePosts 2y agoAt a certain point, we gotta say "Hey, Germany, you don't get to be a country no more, on account of you keep attacking THE WORLD"
- christophilus 2y agoFor those not in the know, it’s a reference to Norm MacDonald: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uXdtafGdIVM&pp=ygUWbm9ybSBtYWNkb25hbGQgZ2VybWFueQ%3D%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uXdtafGdIVM&pp=ygUWbm9ybSBtYWN...
- usrnm 2y agoYeah, but Peter actually flirted with the Dutch, not Germans. Nobody just sees any difference ;)
- kgeist 2y agoBack in Peter the Great's times the Dutch and Germans were called with the same word in Russian. I think it was the case in English, too. IIRC that's why they call it Pennsylvania Dutch, even though it's German.
- stvltvs 2y agoIt's Deutschland after all.
- ashoeafoot 2y agoDutchland?
- 082349872349872 2y agoFun local wikipedia: https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaptblatt https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaptblatt I'd have to imagine the intersection of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers and internet-active wikipedia-editing people must be small, but it's obviously not nonexistent! https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsilfaanisch_Deitsch https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsilfaanisch_Deitsch > S'menscht vun die Schwetzer sinn heit Amische un Fuhremennischte, wu Deitsch aa heit noch schwetze zu ihre Kinner, awwer's hot aa en latt Luthrische un Reformierte un Leit vun en Wisch annre Gmeeschafte, wu die Mudderschprooch noch gschwetzt henn, dieweil ass sie Kinner waare.