Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoDanish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1155cross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgworldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1155external-linkDanish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allieswww.theguardian.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgworldnews@lemmit.online
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months ago Dutch is the adjective for things from the Netherlands, and also the demonym for people from there. The demonym for Denmark is Dane and the adjective is Danish.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-22 months agoMy bad. Are these Danes named Rip Van Winkle?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 months agoI doubt it; it would be odd if they were named after a fictional Dutch-American :)
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoconfusing the Dutch and the Danes is funny though you shouldn’t have corrected them
minus-square10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoespcecially when those are fake countries. There is nothing in common between a limburger, a frisian and a zeelander. Totally different tribes.
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agothe correct spelling is zealand
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agothis makes the joke 10x funnier
minus-square10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoare you sure?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agofair point, i’ll try to refrain from it next time
Dutch is the adjective for things from the Netherlands, and also the demonym for people from there. The demonym for Denmark is Dane and the adjective is Danish.
My bad. Are these Danes named Rip Van Winkle?
I doubt it; it would be odd if they were named after a fictional Dutch-American :)
confusing the Dutch and the Danes is funny though you shouldn’t have corrected them
espcecially when those are fake countries. There is nothing in common between a limburger, a frisian and a zeelander. Totally different tribes.
the correct spelling is zealand
this makes the joke 10x funnier
are you sure?
fair point, i’ll try to refrain from it next time