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[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Can't remember if the fridge is a boy or a girl.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

Only talk about multiple hypothetical fridges. Checkmate, French.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago
[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

That's cold

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

French is what happen when you let an English redesign Spanish (bad).

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If anything the franks were dutch (from what IIRC is belgium today), back when there was no difference between "dutch" and "german".

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 16 points 4 months ago

French is a language that is easily read, but when spoken it's just one giant word per statement

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Latin but spoken by Germans trying to sound posh

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

That's what happens when you have a language designed by people who call themselves "The Immortals"