> > > We also use the expression "Dutch treat," which is the same thing as going Dutch. The bottom line is that everybody pays their own check.
> > > Howard
> >
> > Yeh, i knew what the expression "going dutch" meant.
> > Its the first time i heard about "Dutch treat" however...
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> Dutch Treat is defined in two of my dictionaries as "a meal or other entertainment etc. for which each person pays his or her own way". I wonder why the Dutch would become associated with that particular expression????
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> > And no "flemish" expressions? :(
> >
> > Jom"its-not-fair-that-our-neighbours-have-2-expressions-in-english"meke
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> Don't worry, the Flemish have all the greatest 16th to 17th century artists. There's Rembrandt van Rijn, Van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens, etc., and I think Vermeer from an earlier period. I always liked what Monty Python said about certain kinds of art: "Small brown and green thing for sale. Could be a Vermeer."
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> Wolf "I really hope those are *Flemish* artists I mentioned, and not Dutch"...
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> ..."Oh well, don't say anything and maybe he won't notice if it's otherwise" spirit :)

LOL, they are flemish all right! YAY! YIPIE!
And then you forget: Van Gogh, *the guy with one ear*, Hercule Poirot (anyone?), Ensor, ...

I looooooove Monty Python! Its great!
lol


Jom"ni-ni-ni!!"meke