r/lovethissmug • u/RespUnin • 11h ago

😻 Meme Or Other Online Trope 😂 I love these Dutch posts

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It's like if someone went to a business conference but only spoke through Doge memes

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u/shinjidrivekari 11h ago

ts language CANNOT be real bro

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u/RespUnin 10h ago

That's Afrikaans but but that's a Dutch enough language

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u/_WdMalus_ 10h ago

The title works in either

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u/MisterDutch93 9h ago

It would’ve been “Wat nu?” instead of “Wat nou?” in Dutch. The word “nou” is less formal and more common tongue, so it’s not used in print like this.

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u/_WdMalus_ 7h ago

Broski it still works. A newpaper title doesnt hace to be formal, especially if it is rather old. Dutch is my mother tongue, no need to explain its registers to me

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u/MisterDutch93 7h ago edited 7h ago

I’m just saying you wouldn’t see a newspaper use “wat nou” in this way. BROSKI. It’s because Afrikaans was influenced by English (compare with “what now”).

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u/JasperJ 4h ago

Newspaper headlines always have to be formal especially if they’re rather old.

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u/SoFarSoGood1995 1h ago

No it doesn't