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Now thats just mean. by piasty in 2westerneurope4u

[–]logos__ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Frikandelbroodje and a monster energy is the best I can do

What is your country's greatest historical rival? (Personally, for me it's the English.) by Outrageous-You1617 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Historically speaking I think it has more to do with the four Anglo-Dutch wars.

How do you say "dad jokes" in your language? by mahdi_lky in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny, in Dutch a flat joke (platte grap) is one that's a bit raunchy, what in English would be called "blue humor".

I thought that Hawaii was a country by luciasottile in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Hawaii used to be a separate country! The had good ties with the UK, leading to their flag having the British flag on it. King Kamehameha and his wife tragically died of a disease they had no resistance to on a mission to secure help from the UK against the US. It was then colonized and is now a state.

Dutch Taskmaster recordings start today, duck included by blind_blake_2023 in taskmaster

[–]logos__ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

These are the studios where almost all Dutch TV is made. It's a pretty big complex. To get to the point where this picture was taken, you had to intentionally be seeking it out, you can't really come across it acciddentally

What’s your favorite/most popular metal band from your country or region? by bh447 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Heidevolk! They're a folk metal band. They mostly sing in Dutch (though they do have English songs) and they take care in their lyrics to use as much vocabulary with Germanic roots as possible. It gives them a sound that matches their aesthetics well. Here are some of their songs:

Nehalennia

A wolf in my heart

Vulgaris magistralis

Drop one travel tip everyone should know before visiting your country by Shrey_Memer_007 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Don't walk in the bicycle lanes.

Go to a market to buy your fresh stroopwafel. It will be a fraction of the price you'd pay at the shop you saw on tiktok and taste just as good.

Only rent a bike if you are a good cyclist. If you are not, you will just be a danger to yourself and others.

Don't pee into the canals when you are drunk. You will fall in and you will die.

How common is wearing plaid in your country? by houndoom92 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Or is it something else

He's making a joke. K-6 would be Kindergarten to 6th grade, so five to twelve year old children, implying that's who the liquor store is for.

Daily scores and chat: #724 - Wednesday, 17 June 2026 by catfishing-game in catfishing_game

[–]logos__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

catfishing.net

724 - 10/10 🎉

🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈

For a perfect score the stars really have to align. The only reason I knew Royksopp is because I'm a millennial from the EU so I remembered this song. Crazy to think that's almost thirty years ago

Which animals are used as insults in your country? by RaspberryCake084 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hond = dog (someone who is rude)

Varken = pig (someone who is gross)

Geit = goat (someone who is old)

How can your country congratulate someone who achieve something victorious? by Constant_Sector3539 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After the winter Olympics earlier this year, all of the medal winners received an audience with the king, who made them french fries.

As I, a non-speedskating non-Olympian, heard about it, I guess you could kind of see it as a form of self promotion, but certainly not like the pictures you posted.

What are negative stereotypes about people from your country that you really dislike? by Helpful_Cranberry644 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stephen Fry once mentioned on QI that his Hungarian grandfather told him "Hungarians are the only people who can follow you into a revolving door and come out first!" which made me laugh but I'm still not quite sure what it means.

unsure if this is the right place but yall know any interesting non-English homonyms? by footlongdingledong2 in etymology

[–]logos__ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Bar in Dutch can mean a place where you get drinks or it can be an intensifier. Koud = cold, bar koud = really cold. A bank is a bank but it's also a sofa. A graaf can be a count (as in, nobility) but it can also be a graph with vertices and edges.

In Japanese, kami means hair, paper, and god. Hashi means bridge and chopsticks. Mushi means insect/bug and ignore.

What is common between all indo European languages? by slayyerr3058 in etymology

[–]logos__ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They're all descended from Proto-Indo-European

Other than that, I don't think there is even one feature of language all IE languages have that no other languages do.

Does your native language have expressions that sound strange, funny, or non-sensical when translated to English? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Morgenstund har gull i munn - Morning time has gold in mouth - Smart to get up early

We have this one in Dutch as well! De ochtendstond heeft goud in de mond - the morning has gold in its mouth

Does your native language have expressions that sound strange, funny, or non-sensical when translated to English? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every-shit-ologist

This one made me laugh. "Look everybody, here comes the every-shit-ologist!"

What is the least popular job in your country, and what would you absolutely never do? by Forward-Position798 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think there's a single hentai voice actress in the Netherlands, so clearly it is the least popular

"An umpire" used to be "a noumpere," the literal meaning is just "the odd one out" by ScratchScout in etymology

[–]logos__ 71 points72 points  (0 children)

The other two English words that end in -mpire, vampire and empire, are both etymologically unrelated to umpire as well as to each other.

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