"Go Dutch"

[nq:1]Why do people use that word, "Dutch"? I want to know the history about that.[/nq]
See ,

for example, among others to which I was referred by the search facility on the AUE FAQ page.

Odysseus

[nq:1]Why do people use that word, "Dutch"? I want to know the history about that.[/nq]
Once upon a time, about the seventeenth century, the Anglophones loved to denigrate the Dutch as sleazy, wanton ******** without even a modicum of decency. Of course, it was all wishful thinking.
[nq:1]Plucky Jerry, P[/nq]
Yeah, well, bring it on, Jerry!

[nq:2]Why do people use that word, "Dutch"? I want to know the history about that.[/nq]
[nq:1]Once upon a time, about the seventeenth century, the Anglophones loved to denigrate the Dutch as sleazy, wanton ******** without even a modicum of decency. Of course, it was all wishful thinking.[/nq]
The English had been beaten by the Dutch
(under their Memorable admiral Van Broom)
in thr

Who is this Van Broom? I can find nothing about him on the internet. The great Van Tromp and De Ruyter, now they were "memorable".

English jokes against the Dutch preceded those Anglo-Dutch wars, I believe. But we were hospitable to the Dutch at various times in history; there were populations of Dutch in England during Shakespeare's time, for example, when we had an enclave at Flushing.

[nq:2]Why do people use that word, "Dutch"? I want to know the history about that.[/nq]
[nq:1]Once upon a time, about the seventeenth century, the Anglophones loved to denigrate the Dutch as sleazy, wanton ******** without even a modicum of decency.[/nq]
And deceitful, apparently. A Dutch uncle is not a real uncle, a Dutch oven is not a real oven, Dutch courage is not real courage, and a D

[nq:2]Once upon a time, about the seventeenth century, the Anglophones loved to denigrate the Dutch as sleazy, wanton ******** without even a modicum of decency.[/nq]
[nq:1]And deceitful, apparently. A Dutch uncle is not a real uncle, a Dutch oven is not a real oven, Dutch courage is not real courage,and a Dutch treat is no treat at all.[/nq]
Partridge says the "uncle" usage was in fact ba

[nq:1]Who is this Van Broom? I can find nothing about him on the internet. The great Van Tromp and De Ruyter, now they were "memorable".[/nq]
He is confused about Van Tromp who sailed up the estuary to Chatham and destroyed our fleet. He sailed home with a broom at his masthead declaring that he 'had swept the English from the seas'. IIRC

Mike

M.J.Powell

[nq:2]Once upon a time, about the seventeenth century, the Anglophones loved to denigrate the Dutch as sleazy, wanton ******** without even a modicum of decency.[/nq]
[nq:1]And deceitful, apparently. A Dutch uncle is not a real uncle, a Dutch oven is not a real oven, Dutch courage is not real courage, and a Dutch treat is no treat at all.[/nq]
Or so it is claimed by armchair etymologists.

[nq:2]Who is this Van Broom? I can find nothing about him on the internet. The great Van Tromp and De Ruyter, now they were "memorable".[/nq]
[nq:1]He is confused about Van Tromp who sailed up the estuary to Chatham and destroyed our fleet. He sailed home with a broom at his masthead declaring that he 'had swept the English from the seas'. IIRC[/nq]
Here I thought Mike P. was being mischie

I prefer the "deceitful" explanation, even though it may be offensive from a PC pov.
A Duch uncle is more of a yenta than a martinet.