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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If I had a dollar for every American mentioning Germans/WW2 when I told them I'm Dutch, I would be retired now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You'd rather they ask you about Anne Frank or the wooden shoes?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I'd rather they ask dumb questions about the correct, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

as a northern european I'd ask how many dikes do you own

edit: dikes is not a spelling mistake (i think)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

How about windmills, you must own a couple of those