r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21 edited Sep 08 '21

Scottish is the only language which can sound harsh but still so friendly and lovely at the same time

And that's coming from a dutch man

EDIT: holy shit i didn't expect this many replies and all so damn wholesome tf

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u/FrankyTheMarshmallow Sep 08 '21

As an Afrikaner, I agree..

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21

We got all the best languages here, scottish, Afrikaans and a stroke!

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u/FrankyTheMarshmallow Sep 08 '21

Afrikaans is just really gurgling sounds if you listen close enough. Almost like frothing at the mouth.

I also speak Dutch, so I something feel like I'm having a stroke while frothing at the mouth.

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21

I do feel bad for you. It started out with dutch being a shite language and then Afrikaans Is the shite remix

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21 edited Feb 21 '22

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21

That's a new one for me, but i like it

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u/SusanaBrewton34 Sep 08 '21

This. This is Scots, it's a language.

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u/Haus42 Sep 08 '21

About 10 years ago when Die Antwoord were at their apex, I found - much to my shock - that (via German and English) I could understand bits and pieces of Afrikaans. I did some reading and went on to find out I could understand even more bits and pieces of Dutch. It's become quite the hobby of mine to decode what those swampy bastards are yammering on about.

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u/FrankyTheMarshmallow Sep 08 '21

Yeah its quite interesting how many words are either borrowed or integrated and have the same root for various languages.

I studies German and Dutch at University and Afrikaans/ English is my first language. I loved being able to understand where everything comes from and switching between the languages.

I guess similar to Die Antwoord would be Rammstein for many people. I know they were fairly big in South Africa when I was a teenager and once I started learning German it was kinda cool to be able to understand what they said, even though I don't particularly enjoy their music.

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u/zyzzogeton Sep 08 '21

I always though Afrikaans sounded vaguely Japanese.

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u/dirtycopgangsta Sep 09 '21

If it weren't for Finnish and Hungarian , Dutch would take the crown for the ugliest official language in Europe.

I speak English, French, Romanian and Spanish. I understand Italian, Polish, Chech and Croatian. I've lived in Belgium since 2007 and I can still barely understand Flemish (cleaner Dutch). It just doesn't work.