tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post5737211750079167577..comments2024-03-25T17:27:38.456+01:00Comments on Itchy Feet: the Travel and Language Comic: Nederlandse BeledigingenMalachi Ray Rempenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-17899109015875913032019-06-17T23:03:06.847+02:002019-06-17T23:03:06.847+02:00Which, serendipitously, is named after a Dutch bra...Which, serendipitously, is named after a Dutch brand of cocoa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-55647824245224572732019-06-17T21:03:34.075+02:002019-06-17T21:03:34.075+02:00I think the reason for "Dutch" being a b...I think the reason for "Dutch" being a bad thing in English is simply that the English were at war with the Dutch for a large part of history, so a lot of propaganda was spread about the Dutch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-59351298909128889942019-06-17T21:01:01.307+02:002019-06-17T21:01:01.307+02:00Nitpick: refers in this case to the discovery of t...Nitpick: refers in this case to the discovery of the Groningen gas field (which is the largest natural gas field in Europe), not North Sea gas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-15495931512239660722019-06-17T08:05:08.052+02:002019-06-17T08:05:08.052+02:00Many of these date back to the fact Dutch used to ...Many of these date back to the fact Dutch used to be used for things not just from the low countries but any continental West Germanic people.Mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-80752094109536590332019-06-17T06:11:19.155+02:002019-06-17T06:11:19.155+02:00Actually, I've heard the term double dutch too...Actually, I've heard the term double dutch too but not for that. It was the thing with the two jump ropes.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163049855786849654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-91183334472186473372019-06-17T06:10:15.517+02:002019-06-17T06:10:15.517+02:00Are those mostly British English? I've only ev...Are those mostly British English? I've only ever heard of double dutch, dutch courage, and dutch oven and that last one is only recently (per the meaning depicted) via the internet.<br />(From Michigan, US, for context)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163049855786849654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-84640149092871682142019-06-17T05:34:01.373+02:002019-06-17T05:34:01.373+02:00There's also "Dutch Disease" for whe...There's also "Dutch Disease" for when a country has a sudden windfall of natural resources (e.g., North Sea oil and gas) and the rest of their economy starts to decline.<br /><br />(The causality is debated but the name is not.)Dutchy van benicetothe Dutchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-88572935084598768402019-06-17T02:59:47.931+02:002019-06-17T02:59:47.931+02:00I once sold my car using a dutch auctionI once sold my car using a dutch auctionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-79296441338282618672019-06-16T22:43:11.072+02:002019-06-16T22:43:11.072+02:00Well I heard Dutch babies are really good pancakes...Well I heard Dutch babies are really good pancakes.Some Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497041450229895070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-47534116955950225502019-06-16T22:25:50.429+02:002019-06-16T22:25:50.429+02:00"Dutch angle" actually comes from a mist..."Dutch angle" actually comes from a mistranslation of "Deutsch"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-78421478251476901202019-06-16T21:37:51.658+02:002019-06-16T21:37:51.658+02:00Maybe we should start to call these things 'En...Maybe we should start to call these things 'English' in Dutch ;)Joke Kalisvaarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869074544495665480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-10878691699173736972019-06-16T14:18:54.864+02:002019-06-16T14:18:54.864+02:00During the Anglo–Dutch wars during the late 17th c...During the Anglo–Dutch wars during the late 17th century, th Dutch were pretty much victorious in every sea battle. British propaganda stated that this was because everybody in the Dutch warships were drunk so they had no fear... so, Dutch courage.<br /><br />At least this is what I have been told.jPekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07866474729919353878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-45364874434883112192019-06-16T12:26:53.823+02:002019-06-16T12:26:53.823+02:00Droste Effect. :)Droste Effect. :)Stephanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018589324568930732noreply@blogger.com