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by abelaer 1957 days ago
"Nei twa kear nachtfroast wol de Hollanner der foar

Hy ropt om 't hurdst: 'de tocht der tochten, die gaat door'

Mar wy Friezen witte better

iis is samar ek wer wetter

En dus hâlde wy de kiezzen op elkoar"

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„It kin net!”

Which means “It's not possible!”, but sounds like “It's just barely possible!” to Dutch not used to the language and dialects from the North of the country.

This commercial was popular back in the day, and is a tongue-in-cheek exploration of this topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUXiqkAKr-0

(Piss-poor quality recording unfortunately, but many Dutch here will remember having seen it.)