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[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I wish the Dutch would respect my barriers more.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

You know, a few hundred years ago, they respect the barriers even less.

Especially to their colonies.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A few hundred years ago, their language was a German dialect!

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Didn't every language start as a dialect?

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Possibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn't happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren't nearly dead.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

We only respect water barriers.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Clearly, you've never heard of the Dutch East India Company

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 4 points 1 month ago

The "VOC" is standard material in history class.

What Thekingoflorda is referring to is flood control in the Netherlands.

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