vrijdag 17 oktober 2014

Going Dutch

Dat de Hollanders wereldwijd bekend zijn mag iedereen bekend zijn, maar dat er op minder als 50 km van ons huis zelfs straat namen van Nederlandse steden zijn wisten wij zelfs niet eens.








What else ?

"Going Dutch" is a term that indicates that each person participating in a group activity pays for themselves, rather than any person paying for anyone else, particularly in a restaurant bill. It is also called Dutch dateDutch treat (the oldest form[1]) and "doing Dutch".

A "Dutch auction" is a type of auction in which the auctioneer begins with a high asking price which is lowered until some participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price, or a predetermined reserve price(the seller's minimum acceptable price) is reached. The winning participant pays the last announced price. This is also known as a clock auction or an open-outcry descending-price auction.

"Double Dutch", a description of hard to understand language and a language game; both primarily used in English: