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How to insult a Dutchman
A (Dutch) study asked 192 young men to imagine being knocked off their feet by an assailant. Spaniards, Dutchman, and Germans were polled as to their likely response:
Insults from the Spaniards focused on references to animals and family members; for the Dutch it was references to diseases. The Germans preferred to cite body parts and functions...In Dutch to accuse someone of being infected with typhoid is a biting insult.
That is from The European Wall Street Journal, 18 July 2006, p.30, drawn originally from The Washington Post.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on July 29, 2006 at 02:30 AM in Education | Permalink
Comments
In 'The Dutch Seagoing Empire 1600-1800',
C. R. Boxer made reference to what was a stinging
German insult against the Dutch during that
period.
They described them as 'cheesemongers'.
Posted by: Martin Kelly at Jul 29, 2006 10:45:06 AM
My Dutch Grandmother would just accuse me of being a person who engaged in
homosexual acts when I was little. Ahh, memories...
Posted by: Dykeboy at Jul 30, 2006 2:43:01 AM
The Dutch were the original Yankees. This word comes from the Dutch pronunciation of "John Cheese". The British were insulting the Dutch in the same way the Germans were.
Posted by: kyle8 at Jul 30, 2006 9:30:04 AM
in dutch calling someone 'cancer' or 'typhus' is considered really really offensive. like cover the ears of children and get scoldy looks in the street because you were talking about typhoid mary offensive. also, dutch immigrants (uncharitably) refer to the ethnic dutch as 'cheesehead'
Posted by: will at Jul 31, 2006 9:32:40 AM
The original WaPo article is at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/16/AR2006071600781.html?sub=AR
Posted by: Ted at Jul 31, 2006 9:57:28 AM
I thought the best way to insult a Dutchman is to call him a "Belgian".
In fact, it might be the best way to insult anyone.
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Posted by: levan at Sep 11, 2006 4:15:02 AM
Even worse ! Name him "French" : worldwide ultimate insult !!!
Posted by: Vain at Nov 12, 2006 8:33:15 AM
Fuck You all mothafuckin cheeseheads dutch.
Piss Off You all ass kissa.
Posted by: French at Jun 17, 2007 10:26:30 PM
You kiss the the Yankee's ass every day you fuck.
Posted by: French at Jun 17, 2007 10:31:48 PM
"dutch immigrants (uncharitably) refer to the ethnic dutch as 'cheesehead'
English people who called you that, you dumm fuck.
Get some education you uneducated peace of shit
Posted by: at Jun 17, 2007 10:39:57 PM
Sorry I meant
you piece of shit
Posted by: french at Jun 17, 2007 10:45:00 PM
me i would say that the best thing to say to a dutchman would be : " u are even more greeedy than the jews ". coz they really are greedy!
Posted by: beejun at Sep 9, 2007 10:38:12 PM
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