Goo-da is almost a pokémon
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enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 2 months agoOr Gouda. For extra fun while you’re there, pronounce Gouda the way it’s typically said in English and watch the Dutchies flinch as little parts of their soul leave their bodies.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wait, how is it supposed to be pronounced?
RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
GHOW-da is about the closest English approximation. The G sound is quite different in Dutch though.
DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 1 month ago
We actually call it ‘Goudse kaas’, though. ‘Gouda’ is just the city of Gouda.
RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I wasn’t going to get into how we form possessives; it will confuse and scare them.
enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
youtube.com/shorts/SInLePq2Ryo
Here is how the Dutch say Gouda, with Van Gogh thrown in as a bonus.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 months ago
phew. that’s enough aggression for one day
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de [bot] 2 months ago
if you do it you legally have to buy one cheese wheel at the cheese auction there