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Re: Beating the Dutch

From:Irina Rempt <irina@...>
Date:Monday, April 29, 2002, 17:28
On Monday 29 April 2002 18:51, Andreas Johansson wrote:

Jan wrote:

> >I always thought, that the expression "to go Dutch" means, that a > >restaurant > >bill is split up equally between the participants. > > Is that supposed to be greedy? When I've run across that custom, it's > always been taken as an invitation to eat and drink as much expensive > stuff as possible, since if you order the most the rest will in > effect pay for some of your food and drink (this is known as > 'alcohologic').
And here am I thinking that "to go Dutch" meant "you pay for yours, I pay for mine", the way that "a Dutch treat" means "een sigaar uit eigen doos" (literally "a cigar from one's own box", you get a treat but you have to pay for it openly or covertly). Irina -- Vesta veran, terna puran, farenin. http://www.valdyas.org/irina Beginnen can ick, volherden wil ick, volbringhen sal ick

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