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[โ€“] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Your translation of functionally illiterate is so adorable. I'm stealing it.

[โ€“] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

That's normal in duch. Everything they say sounds like a drunken Brit trying to poke fun of the German language. It's just impossible not to love it.

They also love to work with sounds a lot:
Fiets=Bike Bromfiets=Motorbike
Schuim=Foam Piepschuim=Styrofoam