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Subject: [Leica] Week 15 Boring Dutch landscapes
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Mon Nov 10 01:07:22 2008
References: <cee56220811091112p66441ac2s9856ecfbfc21d57b@mail.gmail.com><98FA315C0E8A45FC873972F028A7A26E@precisionm50> <472F71A92507402AA64CD547464BB8EF@robertbxucevjs> <4DAFCEBE531E4CC5AC5B2FA281E16C04@precisionm50> <4917F711.6020007@tele2.fr>

Obviously the Brits had something against them :-)

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/119250.html

Cheers
Douglas

Philippe AMARD wrote:
> Is that the source of "Double-Dutch" meaning gobbledyhook?
> phx
>
>
> Bob W wrote:
>
>> No - I'm thinking about much later than that. Dutch people were 
>> brought over to
>> help drain the Fens. Flemish people came as refugees in the Tudor 
>> period. There
>> have been connections between the 2 countries for centuries and the 
>> Dutch
>> influence on parts of Southern and Eastern England is very clear.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>  
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
>>> Of Robert Meier
>>> Sent: 10 November 2008 01:33
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Week 15 Boring Dutch landscapes
>>>
>>>
>>> By the Dutch?   You must mean the Danes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>> Aelbert Cuyp himself! I love Dutch landscape painting.     
>>> There are many   
>>>> very flat parts of England which at one time were settled by the 
>>>> Dutch. I love the big sky you get. The square format is perfect for 
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org
>>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org]       
>>> On Behalf   
>>>>> Of Michiel Fokkema@wanadoo.nl
>>>>> Sent: 09 November 2008 19:13
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group; Opi en Omi; Pake en Beppe; 
>>>>> petrarehorst@live.nl; Bruce; Marcos Semola
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Week 15 Boring Dutch landscapes
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Week 15 is here:
>>>>> http://michielfokkema.wordpress.com/picture-a-week-2008/week-15/
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>
>>
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