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This isn't a real language (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fun fact:

In standard Dutch:

poep = poop = shit.
Poepen = to poop.

In Flemish/Belgian Dutch:

poep = backside (as in the poop deck, the French la poupe = backside).
poepen = to fuck. Etymological root comes from pop(children's doll), root is probably the latin pupa=doll/girl. I assume the English puppet also comes from the latin pupa. Poppen used to mean playing with dolls. Poppen became poepen, perhaps through the influence of poep/la poupe.

This is entirely irrelevant knowledge, but I find it kinda adorable and interesting.

[–] zout@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

It's also quite funny because kids will anounce they'll go pooping on the toilet; "Ik ga poepen op de WC." which will get some raised eyebrows in Flanders.