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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
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Decq lemmy.world Decq@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
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When the Dutch colonized/invaded Indonesia they started referring to these monkeys as 'orang belanda' or 'monyet belanda' (Dutchman/monkey). Because of our relative big noses. So I guess they were already onto something back then.

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PolandIsAStateOfMind lemmy.ml PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-08-12
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That monkey is also staple Polish meme, representing typical Polish boomer and his family, the spiecies is called "nosacz sundajski" in Polish, i can't guarantee your sanity after searching though since those memes range from pretty funny to absolutely disgusting.

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blinfabian feddit.nl blinfabian@feddit.nl
Joined: 2025-03-03
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When the Dutch colonized/invaded Indonesia they started referring to these monkeys as 'orang belanda' or 'monyet belanda' (Dutchman/monkey). Because of our relative big noses. So I guess they were already onto something back then.

is this actually real? none of these sound like dutch words

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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-08-07
#5 · Quote Reply

The OP did, in fact, stop thinking about it.

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Hazel piefed.blahaj.zone Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-12
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is this actually real? none of these sound like dutch words

'They' refers to the Indonesians here I think.

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folaht lemmy.ml folaht@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-09-01
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is this actually real? none of these sound like dutch words

Those are Indonesian words.

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-01-18
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That monkey is also staple Polish meme, representing typical Polish boomer and his family, the spiecies is called "nosacz sundajski" in Polish, i can't guarantee your sanity after searching though since those memes range from pretty funny to absolutely disgusting.

lmao

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