Dutch vs. German

[Unkraut]

Be warned that if you don't have a sore throat before speaking Dutch, it is almost certain you will by the end of the first paragraph.

And if you really really want to upset a Dutchmen, point out that you think Dutch is just a German dialect.

 

[XmisterIS]

And if you really really want to upset a Dutchmen, point out that you think Dutch is just a German dialect.

:?:

It's just a variant of Plattdeutsch, isn't it? :?:

*gets tin hat*

 

[XmisterIS]

On the topic of the various Germanic languages and dialects, I read somewhere that Plattdeutsch used to be more widely spoken than Hochdeutsch but that some time around the 15th century there was the mother of all battles and lots of people killed lots of other people (in various unpleasant and mediaeval ways, which was fashionable the time) with the result that Hochdeutsch became the dominant language in the regions that later became modern Germany (with the exception of the Southern weirdos that speak Bayerisch ).

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'll have to show this thread to some very good friends of ours - he's Dutch and she's German!!

 

[User169]

Be warned that if you don't have a sore throat before speaking Dutch, it is almost certain you will by the end of the first paragraph.

And if you really really want to upset a Dutchmen, point out that you think Dutch is just a German dialect.

ik wil mijn fiets terug!