• TouchMacaque@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    The driver of this van is an old German guy by the name of Rudolph, although it’s not an ice cream van he used to go Häagen Dazs on my asshole every 2-3 days last summer.

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        2 months ago

        Ok now I’m more confused about what’s Dutch vs. what’s German than I was about what’s British vs. what’s English. Or even what’s a turtle, if most languages call them tortoises.

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          Tortoises are terrestrial, and turtles are aquatic or amphibian. German and Dutch are both different nationalities and different languages. England is a part of Britain.

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              Yeah. The Dutch are from The Netherlands, which adjoins but is distinct from Germany. Somewhat confusingly, “German” is German is “Deutsch,” which while pronounced “doytch,” resembles “Dutch” in spelling; this is how we end up with terms like “Pennsylvania Dutch” referring to German immigrants.