Due to popular demand, The Dutchie and I recorded a (very bad) sound bite of an English person sighing vs a Dutch person.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, the Dutch two-tone sigh!
Hayley x
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Aaaaah now I get it! I wouldn’t call it ‘zuchten’ btw, but I’m glad you were so kind to explain it 🙂
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Hi roebs, yeah – the Dutchie was unsure if zuchten was the right word, but couldn’t think of a better one. Can you think of a better word? 😊
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Oh my, I cannot think of a single word that describes the ‘he-he…’ 🙂 I usually do it when something is finished. Like doing stupid cleaning tasks and then it’s done and you can finally take a break. Like a ‘relief-sigh’ or something like that, haha! Quite difficult to describe and I had really NO idea that it was typical Dutch, how funny! 🙂
x Ruby
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Ahahahaha….of course!! It’s the “heh heh” –never would’ve called it a sigh, but I guess it is, lol.
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That’s pretty funny!
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Hahahaha! That is so funny :-D. Never noticed we Dutchies are different in this.
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As soon as I read your last post I chuckled, knowing exactly what you meant. Despite having left The Netherland almost 20 years ago, I still regularly two-tone sigh. Plus, when faced with something particularly tiresome, I can be heard to ‘Bah-bah’. 🙂
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You guys are awesome!! That two-toned sigh … I’ve lived here three years and I’m still not sure I understand what it means in all scenarios 😛
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Love the video! I subconsciously use the ‘heh heh’ sigh of relief when I’m in Dutch surroundings, but an English sigh or ‘phew’ with a whoosh of air in our English-speaking home, unless there’s a Dutchie there. A sign of integration? It’s one of those automatic things that Dutch people do without even realising it. I wonder if other countries have yet another way of sighing.
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Haha, that’s so cool! I never realised that was a Dutch thing!
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Does”gottegottegot” count?
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Or just the one he? Eh? In reverse
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This made me laugh!
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I literally laughed out loud at this! My Dutch bf (I’m Australian) always sighs like that and I think it’s really funny. Just found your blog and really enjoying it so far 🙂
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I’m only half Dutch, but this is a real thing. I do it. We do it when things are done, when we’re content, when we’re just sitting at the end of a long day, when we’re finishing a conversation. It’s pretty good for most situations. I’ve only heard Dutchies doing it though, and I’m only a bit more aware of it myself. It’s always two, deep sighs.
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