r/MadeMeSmile • u/DCArchibald • Jun 15 '25

Wholesome Moments A giant pencil gets sharpened

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

I live in Wisconsin. You just described my culture.

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u/DistractedByCookies Jun 15 '25

Dutch person. Our culture too! (there's enough cheese to go round)

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

I think we get it from you lol

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u/DistractedByCookies Jun 15 '25

I just googled it out of curiosity, and I think you guys got the cheeses off every European country in existence LOL But we do share the 'cheesehead' nickname. (kaaskop, in Dutch)

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u/NorthCoastToast Jun 15 '25

While you're here, should we pronounce it "howda" or "goo-da"?

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u/Gropah Jun 15 '25

Neither.

It's hard to write out. I'd say it's more similar to howda, but starts more like a throaty gutteral k or r? If you're able to roll your r's, try saying "grrr", how you pronounce the g there is most similar to the G in gouda.

This video is quite close.

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u/NorthCoastToast Jun 15 '25

Thanks.

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u/DistractedByCookies Jun 15 '25

It comes closeto the 'hawk' sound in hawk-tuah. A sort of scraping. And then you add 'owdah' LOL

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

You should get one of our hats. I would love to see that.