Americans

[Matt Yaklin]

Is it just me or do I feel some negative vibes here since
this whole "Dutch" topic started? ;-)

I decided to google to find out why there was some confusion about
Germans being called Dutch and I found this web page.
http://www.kerchner.com/padutch.htm

I found it interesting how far the usage went back in time.

matt


On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Michael Schartau wrote:

> The Pennsylvania Dutch
> and the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is two examples where "You" refers to Germans
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> /Michael
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> UNDBKB at aol.com skrev 2011-02-23 13:25:
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>       Harry Fluks says:
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>       "Not Dutch, but Danish. (Do Americans know the difference? :-)"
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>       Well Harry, as an American myself, I would say Dutch refers to The
>       Netherlands and
>       Danish refers to Denmark. :-)
>       And some of us actually use our brains without Google!
>
>       Barry Branvold
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