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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Spier, Robert F. G. |
| Title, Analytic | What is "Dutch"? |
| Author, Monographic | Marshall, Howard Wight//Goodrich, James W. |
| Title, Monographic | The German-American Experience in Missouri |
| Place of Publication | Columbia, MO |
| Publisher | Missouri Cultural Heritage Center, University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Date of Publication | 1986 |
| Location in Work | 135-140 |
| Abstract | The term "Dutch" is equivocal and has been so in the English language for the past several hundred years. Presently Dutch may refer to people or objects derived from Holland and the Netherlands or the same from German origins. In common American usage little care is taken to differentiate these two sources. Dutch may additionally be used as an adjective signifying contempt or derision. The question, what is Dutch, or who are the Dutch, can be answered at two levels at two times. Dutch was formerly used more generally to refer to Germanic-speakers of the present Kingdom of the Netherlands and of the present German republics. Continued American usage in this vein may represent something of an archaism. The usage of English-speakers in England, and many in the United States, has moved toward the more restricted reference to the people of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. But, whatever the case, the derisive use of the term may be with us for a long time. |
| Call Number | MKI/SHS F 475 G3 G4 1986 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German/ Language influence/ Ethnic groups -- Other groups/ Pennsylvania-German dialect |