Would You Like That Translated To Dutch?

Mark Spearman
6 min readMar 27, 2024
Amish man walking.
An Amish man walking.

My phone kept asking, “Would you like that translated to Dutch?”. Why would Google think that I need a Dutch translation for everything? I wondered about it and it kept asking.

The answer came to me when it did it while I was around Amish friends. The Amish speak a version of Dutch. I don’t care what they speak, I just assume that they’re talking about me when they switch to Dutch. That amuses…

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Mark Spearman

I hail from Central Ohio. I have a diverse background and enjoy writing to the fullest. See more at http://markspearman.com