The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDutch is beautifullemmy.worldimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down110
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minus-squarejackr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·edit-22 days 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-up36·2 days 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-up25·2 days 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-up9·2 days agoBummer! Although an update to our water management infrastructure would be welcome.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days 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-up9·2 days agoBoth spellings can mean wall for holding back water, and things spelled with a “y” are 20% cooler.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoHow does “opgeroepen” translate to “summoned”??? It’s clearly “aufgerufen” - i.e. “invoked”. Smh my head.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoAs in all such matters, it is the German version which is wrong
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI just read it as “called up”, though granted Dutch ain’t my first language (or even second),
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.
As in all such matters, it is the German version which is wrong
I just read it as “called up”, though granted Dutch ain’t my first language (or even second),