Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 个月前Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkDanish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allieswww.theguardian.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 个月前message-square37fedilink
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 个月前 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-up14·edit-26 个月前My bad. Are these Danes named Rip Van Winkle?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-26 个月前I doubt it; it would be odd if they were named after a fictional Dutch-American :)
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 个月前confusing the Dutch and the Danes is funny though you shouldn’t have corrected them
minus-square10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 个月前espcecially when those are fake countries. There is nothing in common between a limburger, a frisian and a zeelander. Totally different tribes.
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 个月前this makes the joke 10x funnier
minus-square10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 个月前are you sure?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 个月前fair 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