Date:  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:31:23 EDT
From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Dutch request

More specifically, the two dozen or so Dutch slurs contained in Farmer &
Henley's late Victorian era slang dictionary are annotated with the note that
they (Dutch auction/concert/consolation/treat/uncle/wife/...) arose during the
17th century herring wars in the North Sea, and most (but not all) evidently
have gradually disappeared as those wars have receded in memory.   --Larry