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• RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  GHOW-da is about the closest English approximation. The G sound is quite different in Dutch though.

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  • DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    We actually call it ‘Goudse kaas’, though. ‘Gouda’ is just the city of Gouda.

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    • RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I wasn’t going to get into how we form possessives; it will confuse and scare them.

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• enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  youtube.com/shorts/SInLePq2Ryo

  Here is how the Dutch say Gouda, with Van Gogh thrown in as a bonus.

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  • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    phew. that’s enough aggression for one day

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