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Re: Unamerican

From:Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>
Date:Monday, May 1, 2000, 22:34
On Mon, 1 May 2000, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:

> Does political rhetoric in your country play this card? Is there > "un-Dutch", un-French", "un-Argentinian", "un-Swedish", "un-Danish".... > behavior? How is it codified (by which I mean, what prized views of your > country is it supposed to be antithetical to?), and what is the push-button > term in your various languages? "osvensk"?
I'd say not at all - we're rather self-deprecating in nature, and 'typisch Nederlands' (typically Dutch) isn't a compliment at all. Sometimes some commentator stands up and says in public that we should appreciate our Dutch culture more, and he (or she) is hooted away... On-Nederlands - no, I haven't ever heard it being used except as a compliment. Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org