Re: Beating the Dutch
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 29, 2002, 11:53 |
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=?iso-8859-1?q?Jan=20van=20Steenbergen?= scripsit:
> Isn't that a striking coincidence?! :)))
English is full of these "Dutch" idioms: Dutch anchor 'a useless
object (archaic)', Dutch uncle 'someone who talks to you patronizingly',
Dutch treat 'each pays for himself', Dutch auction 'the price is lowered
until someone bids', if that's so I'm a Dutchman '[emphatic negation]',
Dutch courage 'courage induced by alcohol', double Dutch 'jargon'.
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John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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