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orteil42

why am i bothering to learn dutch when there’s still so many english words i don’t understand. like “bolster” or “acumen” or “percolate”

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beat the system: don’t learn words, only communicate through interpretive dance.

orteil42
orteil42
September 12, 2015 104 notes
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  2. erasa-with-an-e said: (I’m a native English speaker and I’ve never even heard those words. what)
  3. burnbuster said: I don’t think we even use those words often enough. Maybe bolster.
  4. mroldguy said: Bolster means strengthen, Acumen means good at decision making, percolate means to gradually filter. But really, like, none of those words will matter anyway, unless you’re going to start writing.
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  7. nanisnae said: Because dutch has words like “klootviool” to offer, and it’s the best insult in the world. (kloot being a very old-fashioned word for ball, but nowadays more commonly used as a crude word for ballsack, whereas viool means violin)
  8. felditorials said: Try dict.cc it’s a great translation website with a ton of languages. I always use it when I don’t understand words.
  9. nihilagis said: Because you suck.
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