Re: Beating the Dutch
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 2:12 |
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John Cowan wrote:
>=?iso-8859-1?q?Jan=20van=20Steenbergen?= scripsit:
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>> Hmmm... Except for the "Dutch auction" I'm not so sure whether to take
>> all these qualifications as a compliment ;)
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>Exactly.
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>> I always thought, that the expression "to go Dutch" means, that a
restaurant
>> bill is split up equally between the participants.
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>Yes; that is the same usage as "Dutch treat".
>
Hmmm...yes, but....depends on the company. I have friends who split
equally, and a few who insist on calculating everyone's share to the penny.
The latter are generally those who don't order cocktails, wine or dessert
and who tend to order by price. With the former, the bar bill can often be
higher than the food bill.