• Tar_Alcaran
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    5 months ago

    If I had a dollar for every American mentioning Germans/WW2 when I told them I’m Dutch, I would be retired now.

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        5 months ago

        I’d rather they ask dumb questions about the correct, yeah.

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        5 months ago

        “dyke” is British English and “dike” is American English for a levee or flood bank. I don’t own any of those because they belong to the government.

        Both spellings are also slang for butch lesbians, and owning those has been illegal for about 160 years now.

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          5 months ago

          How about windmills, you must own a couple of those

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            4 months ago

            My dad owned part of one of the first wind turbines in the country, does that count?