Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Dutch

What do English speaking people have against the Dutch ?
If you ruin something in America you dutch  it.
If you go Dutch or have a Dutch treat you pay alla romana (what do other
Italians have against the Romans ?)
If your boss doesn't like you or you are in trouble you're in Dutch in
America.
If someone takes his/ her life in America  he/she commits a Dutch act.
A small time bookie in America keeps a Dutch book..
If you drink to summon up courage you get Dutch courage.
If someone annoys you with unwanted advice he is a Dutch uncle.
At the beginning of the century in America if you were pregnant you were in
Dutch (I wonder if this is still the case).
A long time ago prostitutes were called Dutch  widows.
Don't you like your wife ?
You can call her Dutch !
An auction in which prices fall instead of rising ?
A Dutch auction !
Cheap Conoslation ? Dutch Confort !
Se questa cosa è bella, allora io sono Leonardo da Vinci !=
If this is beautiful , I'm a Dutchman !
Something is unbelievable ? It beats the Dutch !
A diaphragm ? A Dutch cap !
The icing on the cake is the Dutch wanting to choose English as their
official language a few years ago .
Unbelievable !!!
Yours
Sal

 official language a few years ago .
I've never heard of any of those before in my life :)
Dave Sicilia
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I've never heard of any of those before in my life :)
<<<Languages are living organisms whose cells have a life and die at a
certain age.
      When I listed some of the expressions asssociated with Dutch people I
hope I took the pain and tried to contextualize them in their respective
times of usage.
I heard "Dutch courage " just two days ago(during a soap set in the
nineties) while "To go dutch " or To have a Dutch treat " is an idiom
people use all the time in the films I watch and a friend of mine from
Chicago used it all the time when he was living in Napoli and was my Lettore
at university (he was something of a miser and he always wanted to go
Dutch ).
As for the other expressions you have never heard some might be not in use
any more.
Can any of the other ICLINGERS witness to their use ?
Some kinf of help from our Beloved  Queens would be very welcome
Humbly
Sal

Unbelievable !!!
Unbelievable indeed ! But did they really want to reject their own language
? I know the Dutch (and Scandinavian people too) speak English very well,
but I didn't imagine they loved English to that extent !
Bye Asoka xx'82
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 Unbelievable !!!
It is unbelieveable. I'm Dutch and I never heard about any plans of
making English our official language. So I'm curious where you have that
rumor from.
As for the negative use of 'Dutch' in the English language: this dates
back to the many wars we had with the English 400 years ago, when the
Republic of the United Netherlands was a rival colonial power.
As for Dutch auction: this is indeed the way auctions in Holland work. 
Regards,
Nils
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rumor from.
<<<The Italian Tv News.
        Actually they said the Dutch wanted to use English as their second
official language and if I remember
        well it was a proposal from an MP.
Yours
Sal

Some kind of help from our Beloved  Queens would be very welcome
Whilst certain this is not what constitutes 'help' as requested, it is
nonetheless that which (and all)  I know.
I remain, as always
Bambi
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