Re: Beating the Dutch

 --- John wrote:
>
> 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'.
Hmmm... Except for the "Dutch auction" I'm not so sure whether to take
all these qualifications as a compliment ;)
But at least, nothing that points into the direction of our supposed greed.

I always thought, that the expression "to go Dutch" means, that a restaurant
bill is split up equally between the participants.

Jan

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"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought,
wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that
happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski

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