The UnDutchables

Tartalom

1 INTRODUCTION 3
There; Them.
2 GETTING ACQUAINTED 7
There; Them.
3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT 13
Tickets; What to Take; Rules for waiting for Public
Transport; On-Board Activities; Behaviour.
4 ADUTCHHOME 21
Úrban Architecture; Stairs; Furnishings; The
Toilet; The Kitchen; Housepets; Houseboats.
5 A GROWING CONCERN 33
Flower Power; Guilder Builder; Ground Rules;
Timber Talk.
6 CHILDREN 39
Kid Kreation; Raising Modern Dutches and
Duchesses; Typical Behaviour Patterns; Matériel;
Holland's Future.
7 CINEMA 45
Behaviour, Intermission, Subtitles
8 MONEY (On Gulden Pond) 49
Bargain Hunting; Street Markets; Second-hand
Transactions; Shelling Out For Fuel; Fines;
Banks; A Sporting Chance?; At Times of Sadness.
9 UITKERING (the Dutch Work Ethic) 61
The System; Work Attitűdé; Dismissal - Failure or
Success?; Subsidies; Time-Off.
10 MET WIE? (Identification & Telephone Habits) 67
Official Documents; Place and Date, I.D.-ology
(proof of identification); Introductions;
Telephone Manners.
11 THE NATIONAL PASSIÓN 73
Complain, Protest, Object, Appeal; Causes; The
Dutch Way; Women's Lib; Military Service.
12 RULESFORSHOPPING 87
General; In Supermarkets; Shopping For Clothes;
At Street and Flea Markets.
13 DRIVING 91
Freewheeling Ways; Road Rights; Getting Your
Licence.
14 ON DUTCH CUSTOMS 95
Non-Racist Nation; Manners Maketh Man;
Camping; Sign Language; On Marriage; The
Coffee Cult; The Other Cult; Festive Occasions.
15 BIKES, DIKES, FLAGS AND FAGS 107
Bikes; Dikes; Flags; Fags (and Fagettes).
16 THE DUTCH LANGUAGE 117
Throat Disease (Pronunciation); Grammar; Trend
Setters; Spelling Corruptions; Intrinsic Idioms.
17 FOOD FOR THOUGHT 123
Somé Traditional Dishes; Midday Morsels;
Restaurants; Snackbars; Tip(pe)ing.
18 SEX 'N DRUGS AND ROCK 'N ROLL 129
Sex as an Activity; Sex as an Industry; Drugs;
Crime and Punishment; Rock 'n Roll, etc
APPENDIX A 139
A View of the Dutch Through the English
Language
APPENDIX B 141
A Chosen Selection of Dutch/English Homonyms
APPENDIX C 143
In Case You Don't Believe Us

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