End of ADS-L Digest - 20 Jul 1997 to 21 Jul 1997
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Subject: ADS-L Digest - 21 Jul 1997 to 22 Jul 1997
There are 10 messages totalling 311 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

 1. Dutch request (4)
 2. Dutch kiss
 3. HTML diacritics and such
 4. address needed
 5. Dutch: ethnic slur compounds (2)
 6. address needed -Reply

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Date:  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 07:24:37 -0400
From:  Robert Kelly <kelly[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BARD.EDU>
Subject: Re: Dutch request

a reasonable guess about the negativism of Dutch [treat, kiss, etc.] is
that it reflects more the English character than the Dutch. The Dutch
were, through much of the period of the Netherlands' own formation, the
most vivid rivals and, at times, enemies of the English at sea and in
commerce. When you think about the English habit of humiliating their
neighbors linguistically (Irish bull [stupid literalism], Welsh cattle
[lice], French letter), the Dutch ought to congratulate themselves on
being in good company. I don't think you'll find similar canards about
the Dutch in German, for example, or even French.

RK