Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 hours agoHow come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe?message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down12
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareHow come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 hours agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareFuckswearwords@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoThe second person singular of “kunnen” (to be able to) is kunt in Dutch. And that’s how after an eon of speaking and reading English, I first noticed “can” doesn’t have an infinitive form in English.
minus-squareIusedtobeanalien@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThe Dutch I know use the word kut liberally
The second person singular of “kunnen” (to be able to) is kunt in Dutch. And that’s how after an eon of speaking and reading English, I first noticed “can” doesn’t have an infinitive form in English.
The Dutch I know use the word kut liberally