Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareRolivers@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s Afrikaans, not Dutch. It’s close though. We can understand written Afrikaans.
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoFor non-speakers, it’s kind of like reading Scots as a monolingual English speaker. https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_leid
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThat explains the neutral tone. It’s something important far away.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAlso that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”. It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.
It’s Afrikaans, not Dutch. It’s close though. We can understand written Afrikaans.
For non-speakers, it’s kind of like reading Scots as a monolingual English speaker. https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_leid
That explains the neutral tone. It’s something important far away.
Also that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”.
It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.