Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldbyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works2 monthsI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany To add insult to injury, what they call it, Deutschland, sounds like what we should call Netherlands 22423987%283
zaphod@sopuli.xyz2 months The Dutch centuries ago called their language Diets/Duuts/Duits which means something like Germanic. No, it means something like “people” or “of the people”. 6
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world2 monthsWait, so Dutch is the language of people and everyone else has been using animal languages this whole time!? 4
No, it means something like “people” or “of the people”.
Wait, so Dutch is the language of people and everyone else has been using animal languages this whole time!?
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