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The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything (nos.nl)
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[โ€“] Akasazh@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

'U kunt' is a valid Dutch sentence

So is 'Dank u' , which is mildly amusing in English, but quite sordid in french (it's pronounced similar to 'dans cul' which means 'in the ass')

[โ€“] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 3 points 22 hours ago

The first would be considered incomplete, and lead most to ask: "U kunt ... wat?" ("You can do ... what?"). "U kunt het" as "You (formal) can do it" would sound like "You removed head" but with a thick Dutch accent haha