🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agoAnon has a German girlfriendsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down119
arrow-up1389arrow-down1imageAnon has a German girlfriendsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up42·5 months agoIf I had a dollar for every American mentioning Germans/WW2 when I told them I’m Dutch, I would be retired now.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoYou’d rather they ask you about Anne Frank or the wooden shoes?
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoI’d rather they ask dumb questions about the correct, yeah.
minus-squarepewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 months agoas a northern european I’d ask how many dikes do you own edit: dikes is not a spelling mistake (i think)
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months ago“dyke” is British English and “dike” is American English for a levee or flood bank. I don’t own any of those because they belong to the government. Both spellings are also slang for butch lesbians, and owning those has been illegal for about 160 years now.
minus-squarebobotron@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoHow about windmills, you must own a couple of those
minus-squareDoxinlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMy dad owned part of one of the first wind turbines in the country, does that count?
If I had a dollar for every American mentioning Germans/WW2 when I told them I’m Dutch, I would be retired now.
You’d rather they ask you about Anne Frank or the wooden shoes?
I’d rather they ask dumb questions about the correct, yeah.
as a northern european I’d ask how many dikes do you own
edit: dikes is not a spelling mistake (i think)
“dyke” is British English and “dike” is American English for a levee or flood bank. I don’t own any of those because they belong to the government.
Both spellings are also slang for butch lesbians, and owning those has been illegal for about 160 years now.
How about windmills, you must own a couple of those
My dad owned part of one of the first wind turbines in the country, does that count?