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The Bold and the Bawdy: How Sexual Slang Became Mainstream in Dutch

2 April 2024

Sexually charged words are so ubiquitous in the Dutch language that we no longer bat an eye. Over time, there has been a shift from scholarly medical terms and veiled descriptions to explicit expressions. Yet, talking about sex still carries a lingering sense of taboo – one that might be staging a

Blep, Sploot and Zoomies: Online Cats and Dogs Leave a Pawed Imprint in Dictionaries

15 December 2022

A new language can find its origin in memes. Cats and dogs on the internet use lolspeak to address their owners. These owners then start using these words themselves. How long before Dutch dictionaries start calling an extremely fluffy dog floofy?

How the World Views Dutch and Dutch Speakers

7 April 2022

If you’re not Dutch, you’re not much. Or: If it ain’t Dutch, it ain’t much. Anyone who has ever travelled in Canada or the USA or surfed through English language websites will recognise this proud declaration on bumpers, mugs and tee-shirts. The phrase expresses the vision of the Dutch in No

Appelflappen and Clog Wogs. On Flemish and Dutch Emigrants in the Anglophone World

5 October 2020

Dutch and Flemish people who move abroad to Anglophone countries don’t speak Dutch quite as often as their other emigrated compatriots do. There are, however, far more clubs and social activities for emigrants from the Low Countries in the Anglo-Saxon world. This has become evident thanks to Vertr

New Study Shows That Dutch and Flemish Emigrants Cling to Their Language and Culture

27 November 2019

Their language and culture continue to play an important part in the everyday lives of emigrated Dutch and Flemings. That is the surprising conclusion reached by Vertrokken Nederlands (Emigrant Dutch), the very first global study of the preservation or the loss of Dutch language, culture and identit

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