sf wrote:

> On Mon, 17 May 2010 09:29:48 +0200, "Giusi" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Ostap Bender" > ha scritto nel
> > messaggio news:f282b494-2df2-4367-
> >
> > Why would the kitchen term "Dutch oven" be an insult, and to
> > Germansof all people? Are you confusing these cooking pots with
> > concentrationcamp crematorium ovens?
> >
> > You must be culturally adrift. Pennsylvania Dutch have affected
> > American English for 2 centuries, and they are German = deutsch.
> >
> Insult? Culturally adrift? Oh, man. I'm one who has never thought
> "going Dutch" was an insult. It just meant you were independent and
> owed nobody a "favor" because you paid for (took care of) yourself.
> It's an old fashioned concept.

I'm fairly sure "Dutch treat" was originally intended as an insult.

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