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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 11 months ago

Chess Player Fined Over Her 'Sports Shoes'

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Chess Player Fined Over Her 'Sports Shoes'

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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 11 months ago

Dutch player Anna-Maja Kazarian was forced to change them, despite ambiguous dress code

On the spectrum of cheddar offenses, this is nothing

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Dutch doesn’t have a word for sneakers. They are called sports shoes.
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  What do the Dutch call people that sneak then?
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    Sports shoes.
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    Sports hoes
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    Snickers.

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