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Originally Posted by acidzebra
You know, world wars have been started over more trivial issues than confusing the Dutch with the German language. There was this one guy who invaded Poland, and this other who shot an archduke. Trivial stuff.
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doesn't dutch have umlauts ? (perhaps they have another name). french does, although we call them "tréma". i do know a few dutch words : "'s-hertogenbosch", "sneeksnits", "oer dier ! dis treins warboel en arend", "brood kaas".
granted, there are no umlauts in those words.