LL-L 'History' 2006.07.11 (04) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 11 July 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Obiter Dictum <obiterdictum at mail.ru>
Subject: LL-L 'History' 2006.07.11 (01) [E]

Theo Homan wrote:
> weird people, those dutchmen.

That beats the Dutch, actually :).
And sounds suggestive.
To me, it suggested the idea of asking the Lowlanders for plausible clues to this
enigma: why on earth English has so many idioms related to "Dutch"? Forget for
the moment Irish stews, Scotch fiddles, Welsh groins, or German silver and French
letters. Just go Dutch.

Here’s my list:

Dutch auction (is the Chinese auction “English” in Holland?)
Dutch bargain
Dutch barn
Dutch cap
Dutch cheese
Dutch clover
Dutch courage
Dutch date
Dutch defence
Dutch doll
Dutch door
dutchman (used to conceal faulty construction)
Dutchman’s breeches
Dutchman’s pipe
Dutch elm disease
Dutch feast
flying Duchman
Dutch hoe
Dutch interior (must be that of a gypsy caravan after it capsized)
Dutch leave
Dutch lunch
Dutch metal
Dutch oven
Dutch pink
Dutch reckoning
Dutch roll
Dutch treat
Dutch uncle
Dutch widow
Dutch wife

I’m a Dutchman if I know any more ;)
Ek heb hier iets gevonden (gevinden? gevunden?):
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa\?A2=ind0309D&L=lowlands-l&P=R1022 En
de andere?

Why all those things are exactly Dutch?
I vaguely remember one explanation I read years and years ago: shiploads of
arrogant Dutch courtiers, their servants and knechten followed William of Orange
across the Ditch to swagger around London. True?

Groete,
Vlad Lee

PS: Dutch if I’m not in Duch with this List over that list and have to do the
Dutch act, pursued by its bloodthirsty members! My _dve kopeiki_ from Russian and
_ni sen_ from Japanese may then never follow :)

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