Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoDanish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10
arrow-up1104arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day ago 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-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoconfusing the Dutch and the Danes is funny though you shouldn’t have corrected them
minus-square10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 hours agoespcecially when those are fake countries. There is nothing in common between a limburger, a frisian and a zeelander. Totally different tribes.
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agothe correct spelling is zealand
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agothis makes the joke 10x funnier
minus-square10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoare you sure?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agofair point, i’ll try to refrain from it next time
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 day agoMy bad. Are these Danes named Rip Van Winkle?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 day agoI doubt it; it would be odd if they were named after a fictional Dutch-American :)
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.
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
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 :)