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> the dutch reformed their spelling in 1947 to distance their language from a neighbouring country in the same language family who they had had the pleasure of hosting

Sorry, what are you trying to say here? The Dutch had the pleasure of hosting what exactly?

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> Sorry, what are you trying to say here? The Dutch had the pleasure of hosting what exactly?

Hosted a party! In seriousness though, s/he refers to the German occupation of the Netherlands in WW2.

Luckily that was a long time ago, and those sorts of politics have been discredited for a good portion of a century.

These days we are all excellent to each other and party on.

(if you're ready to party, here's some dutch cultural appropriation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVz_IJoyO6Y )

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