(Screenshot of a social media post, user posting an image of Jar Jar Binks with a speech bubble for the post replied to. Post is from a Dutch politician stating "We hebben een serieus probleem met de politieke ontwikkelingen mbt de dwangwet en ik hoop dat dat de komende dagen kan worden opgelost. ")

Also, who can forget this favorite

(Screenshot of a translator app.
English: spank me daddy.
Dutch: geef me een klap papa)

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    5 hours ago

    Most foreign speakers stand out regardless, it’s extremely difficult to speak a foreign language so well that native speakers won’t notice.

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      4 hours ago

      Oh, no. Certainly. It’s just interesting to me that it’s those “inefficiencies” which make the language sound so much more natural, regardless of accent/pronunciation.