The Picard Maneuver to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoThey're basically the same thingstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1402
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minus-square@smeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoMy thoughts exactly, if I’m hearing someone speak French then my brain says “that’s a different language”, but Dutch sounds similar enough to English that my brain says “that’s gobbledygook, there’s trickery afoot!”
minus-square@Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoFirst time I heard Dutch I thought I was having a stroke.
My thoughts exactly, if I’m hearing someone speak French then my brain says “that’s a different language”, but Dutch sounds similar enough to English that my brain says “that’s gobbledygook, there’s trickery afoot!”
First time I heard Dutch I thought I was having a stroke.