On 26/11/2011 5:13 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:43:30 -0800, > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:22:42 -0600, (z z) wrote:
>>
>>> [...must've been dutch *******s.]
>>>
>>> [Isn't the correct nomenclature Kraut *******s? LOL]
>>>
>>> Based on my grandmother and mother insulting people by calling them
>>> "dutchy" it must have been the dutch *******s!
>>
>> Dutchy? I've never heard that one before and I lived near Holland,
>> Michigan.
>
> Dutchy is a term of endearment, not an insult. Dutch/Dutchy is also a
> slang term for a fat joint (from Dutch Master).
Lucky for us all that the Dutch have a self deprecating sense of humour.
My wife's grandparents immigrated from the Netherlands to Holland MI.
I recently learned about s social phenomenon they refer to as Dutch
Bingo. Get a bunch of Dutch people together wand they will start
talking about their connections until they come up with a mutual one.