Well, “drunk” meaning you had a glass of some alcohol. But I get it, the title is for the lulz.
Interesting; I am a better table tennis player after 1 drink, but no more than that
That’s the best part of being drunk or high …
You THINK you are a better table tennis player … you think you are better at everything.
Try a few variations of the drinks that your opponent has.
So they speak dutch well most of the time then?
Now do a follow up study on the Dutch
drunk Germans speak Dutch better
But the very drunk ones, they speak double dutch.
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I would love to see a followup with people having a stroke. I feel like that could really boost the Dutch speaking skills.
Better yet, at what level of brain damage does the improved ability to speak Dutch plateau? Can we get a perfect linguist before they become a vegetable?
This is the same for Swedes speaking Danish
I was told Danish is Norwegian with a hot potato in your mouth.
Anyhow, it’s cool that these three languages are sortof compatible, participants willing.
I don’t know but for some reason the Indonesians are afraid of it
Never heard any German say Grachten properly (incl. myself), sober or drunk.
However, people of Cologne drink & speak Kölsch and that apparently works well with Dutch.
It’s pretty common for people speaking a language which is not their native tongue to speak it more fluidly when they have had some alcohol.
Anyone that speaks english can just pound a flask to speak dutch
