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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by tigerlily on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:57AM (#46132567)
That is a lot of Dodge Rams. It's a ponderous trend, it'd be interesting to see what is the driver. Is it a particular demographic, or subculture?

My mom who is originally from Bergschenhoek claims her elder brother taught her to drive, in a Dodge truck, probably post WW2 in a model like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_T-,_V-,_W-Series

I don't know whether there are hordes of bejaarden buying Dodges for nostalgic reasons, but that would mean the Dodge brand has some insane staying power. My guess would be that is absurd and unlikely.

I really dig your deadpan sprinkling of Nederlands. Some words have that etymological acuity that makes them irresistible to just deploy. I was always amazed by how many Yiddish and French words there are in Hollands.

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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by ycombinete on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @07:00AM (#46133511)
Germanic languages share a massive amount of crossover. Just knowing English and a small amount of Afrikaans I saw cognates all over Western Europe from Netherlands, to Denmark, Sweden, Germany.
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