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:
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.)