# The official language thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524 "2018-04-03T11:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/363 "2018-05-12T12:39:50Z")
> [@yrface](#): > > > [@Sushi](#): > > > > allow me to take you on a short(?) history about the Netherlands and carrots. > > So is this why the Netherlands’ soccer team Is orange? Because of… carrots? Yes! Well, not _because_ of the carrots. But for the same reason carrots are orange. ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/364 "2018-05-12T12:41:49Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > For the same reason carrots are orange. Sounds like the title of a poignant memoir written by a misunderstood ginger-haired Dutchman. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/365 "2018-05-12T12:43:50Z")
If Ed Sheeran was Dutch, it might even be a bestseller! ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/366 "2018-05-12T12:45:35Z")
But I’d shorten it to: “Because carrots are” ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/367 "2018-05-12T12:47:49Z")
Hello, Mark Eteer? I have book you should publish! ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/368 "2018-05-12T12:56:21Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > I prepared a big speech in French, he heard me out, then he answered me in English. I guess he was just trying to be helpful but I wanted to practise my French, dammit! The few times I’ve been able to practice my French I tend to have the opposite experience. I was in a café in Montreal, went up to the counter and ordered breakfast in French and felt a little proud. Then the employee asked me a question in French, and I was immediately confused and had to drop the ruse. 🤷‍♂️_This sounds nothing like what I learned in French class_ I think it was a very innocuous question like _Would you like that toasted?_ but I had no idea what she was saying. I better just stick to English. ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/369 "2018-05-12T12:58:16Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > But I’d shorten it to: “Because carrots are” But it sounds more pretentious and funny if it’s a longer title. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/370 "2018-05-12T14:34:15Z")
> [@yrface](#): > > I better just stick to English. _Ooh non_, it’s good that you try. And next time you’ll know what they’re asking, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/371 "2018-05-12T14:46:29Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > nincompoop 🤩 If that language was a woman I would instantly make her the next one to reject me! ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/372 "2018-05-12T14:48:54Z")
party pooper, nincompoop … - English seems to be a language with a lot of … ehrm, you know? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/373 "2018-05-12T14:53:49Z")
Ooooo ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/374 "2018-05-12T14:58:26Z")
And in American English you can say “I’m pooped” to mean “I’m tired” 💩 💤 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/375 "2018-05-12T14:59:40Z")
Which is exactly what I am now 😴 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/376 "2018-05-12T15:00:41Z")
\*snort!\* ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/377 "2018-05-12T15:08:17Z")
Great who answers the door now that everyone is asleep? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/378 "2018-05-12T15:09:42Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Great who answers the door now that everyone is asleep? I didn’t knew that Bavaria is in a different time zone… ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/379 "2018-05-12T15:18:10Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Great who answers the door now that everyone is asleep? No one? Unless you’re waiting for an important delivery, I don’t see the issue here 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/380 "2018-05-12T15:23:22Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > Unless you’re waiting for an important delivery, Well, that’s what neighbors are for! ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/381 "2018-05-12T15:24:31Z")
True normally I don’t answer the door anyways. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/382 "2018-05-12T15:25:21Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > > [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > > > Great who answers the door now that everyone is asleep? > > I didn’t knew that Bavaria is in a different time zone… In some parts it is the year 1812. [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524.md?page=18) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524.md?page=20)