The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoDutch is beautifullemmy.worldimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1740arrow-down110
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minus-squarejackr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·edit-223 hours agoHet is te laat, je hebt de Nederlanders opgeroepen, makker. Bereid je voor op k o l o n i s a t i e. spoiler It is too late, you summoned the Dutch, mate. Prepare to be c o l o n i s e d.
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·22 hours agoDo you implement your healthcare system in your colonies? Also how likely are the colonizers to marry the locals and produce tall offspring? Asking for a friend.
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·22 hours agoFirst question: no, best we can do is force you to build dykes. Second question: we wouldn’t actually visit you, we would hire your neighbors to subdue you.
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 hours agoBummer! Although an update to our water management infrastructure would be welcome.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours ago First question: no, best we can do is force you to build dykes. *dikes Then again, this being Lemmy maybe you meant it as written!
minus-squaregrysbok@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·19 hours agoBoth spellings can mean wall for holding back water, and things spelled with a “y” are 20% cooler.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 hours agoHow does “opgeroepen” translate to “summoned”??? It’s clearly “aufgerufen” - i.e. “invoked”. Smh my head.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI just read it as “called up”, though granted Dutch ain’t my first language (or even second),
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 hours agoAs in all such matters, it is the German version which is wrong
Het is te laat, je hebt de Nederlanders opgeroepen, makker. Bereid je voor op k o l o n i s a t i e.
spoiler
It is too late, you summoned the Dutch, mate. Prepare to be c o l o n i s e d.
Do you implement your healthcare system in your colonies? Also how likely are the colonizers to marry the locals and produce tall offspring?
Asking for a friend.
First question: no, best we can do is force you to build dykes.
Second question: we wouldn’t actually visit you, we would hire your neighbors to subdue you.
Bummer! Although an update to our water management infrastructure would be welcome.
*dikes
Then again, this being Lemmy maybe you meant it as written!
Both spellings can mean wall for holding back water, and things spelled with a “y” are 20% cooler.
Dutch one is still semi private
How does “opgeroepen” translate to “summoned”??? It’s clearly “aufgerufen” - i.e. “invoked”. Smh my head.
I just read it as “called up”, though granted Dutch ain’t my first language (or even second),
As in all such matters, it is the German version which is wrong