Dutch influence on English
M. Mitchell Marmel
marmelmm at dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu
Tue Dec 13 21:37:03 CET 1994
>Dutch be a non-nationality. Well, maybe "dutch oven" or "dutch doors",
>but in a modern household, who sees those any more.
Well, you do have Dutch Masters cigars and Old Dutch cleanser...
>they wear wooden shoes. Of course, the English word for a wooden
>shoe is "sabot",
French, actually, I think.
>"the damage done to machinery by wooden shoes"). So Dutch is definitely
>a dirty word in English!
Oddly enough, Ronald Reagan's nickname is "Dutch". Coincidence? I think
not. (evil grin)
Mitch
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