Not sure how to respond to this.
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It is true, ‘Mejuffrouw’ in Dutch is *really* patronizing. Here was the Dutch version of the OP:https://twitter.com/irisvanrooij/status/1074735019627819014?s=21 …
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It's a good illustration of how cultural differences can lead to completely accidental (and unfortunate) miscommunication or even insult.
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But in the case I tweeted about it was a Dutch male academic using it to purposely patronizing a woman. This has been lost a bit in the discussion. Perhaps we can now have some outrage about that? :)
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That was why I retweeted your tweet originally!
Yes, it's completely unacceptable. No doubt about that.
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I took several years of German in school!