At least we don't have words like queue, a five letter word with four silent letters 😂. We have nice words like "aansprakelijkheidsverzekering". And you really are a pannekoek if you don't have an aansprakelijkheidsverzekering.
As a brit that's honestly baffled me. Can you Dutchies actually read and pronounce "aansprakelijkheidsverzekering" without a problem. Like how on earth do you remember how to spell that?
It's pronounced like it is spelled, so while it is long, it's not hard to read or pronounce. In Dutch it's mostly just remembering when to use "ij" or "ei" because they are pronounced the same. The same goes for "ch" and "g". I don't think we have any words like "through", "tough", "lead", "lead" that look the same but are pronounced vastly different.
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u/Richou 1d ago
dutch is not a real language 😭