Re: French leave, Greek sex etc.



Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:54:24 GMT: Joe Fineman <joe_f@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in
sci.lang:

Perhaps the Dutch can enlighten us on what they call a Dutch treat &
Dutch courage.

Dutch courage = jenevermoed (says the Van Dale dictionary, didn't know
it myself), where jenever = gin.
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Ruud Harmsen, http://rudhar.com
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