Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Culture

Re:Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Cul... by bigmattystyles on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:50PM (#35630417)

Equally funny to me, The French add an 'e' to Putin when referring to him, probably because Putain sounds like Putin, which is basically the french F-word, especially in its ability to be swapped out for effect like the F-word. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/putain

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Re:Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Cul... by bitwize on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:21PM (#35630785)

Rather than risk confusion with putain (whore), the French opted to spell Putin's name phonetically in French -- and settled on "Poutine".

And the Canadians giggled.

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Re:Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Cul... by bigmattystyles on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:15PM (#35633421)

Ha! What do they do in Quebec?

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Re:Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Cul... by mangamadaiyan on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @07:38PM (#35634664)

They snack on Poutine:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

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Re:Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Cul... by bigmattystyles on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:08PM (#35635205)

No, I know that, I meant how do they refer to Putin?

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Re:Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Cul... by mangamadaiyan on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:22PM (#35635275)

Ah, I'm sorry - I misunderstood your question :)

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Re:Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Cul... by bitwize on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:30AM (#35638946)

Apparently he's called Poutine in Quebec as well which leads to a literal "freedom fries" situation as Quebecois restaurants that serve the dish avoid mentioning it by name to avoid controversy: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-diner-drops-poutine-from-...

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