Is it a sexual favour? or something
2006-07-24 00:12:35 · 25 answers · asked by Ayra 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
He/ she pays for thier meal, and you will pay for your meal. (You can either split the tip or decide who will do the tip ahead of time).
I wish you well..
Jesse
2006-07-24 00:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by x 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
haha...yes, I'd like to know how you reacted also! How funny...
The origin of the term comes from the fact that Dutch people were notorious for being really stingy and tight with their money!
The Dutch were already internationally known as scrooges, and English rivalry with The Netherlands especially during the period of the Anglo-Dutch Wars gave rise to several phrases including Dutch that promote certain negative stereotypes. Examples include Dutch courage, Dutch uncle and Dutch wife. The particular stereotype associated with this usage is the idea of Dutch people as ungregarious and selfish.
In Spain, "going Dutch" is attributed to Catalans, due to a stereotype that they are greedy. A stereotypical non-Catalan Spaniard would compete to invite the group.
In Italy, the expression pagare alla romana can be translated as: "To pay like people of Rome" or "to pay like they do in Rome". It has the same meaning as "going Dutch".
2006-07-24 00:22:20 · answer #2 · answered by Saura 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you "go Dutch" both of you pay half each of the bill (usually a dining bill). Some people find it cheap....depends on the 2 of you.... I find it SOOO much easier on the pocket!! but when its your treat/ you've invited people for dining..you foot the bill at all costs.. This and many such phrases originated in the seventeenth century when Englang and Dutch where at war
The stereotype of the Dutchman among the English at this period was somebody stolid, miserly, and bad-tempered, and these associations, especially the stinginess, were linked to several phrases.
2006-07-24 00:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by sizzilingcold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It´s unusual to phrase it as "going dutch". More common is the the expression "Dutch treat". It´s a meal in a restaurant, or an outing at the movies, concert or theater where each party pays his/her own way. E.G. "We can go out for dinner but it will have to be Dutch treat."
2006-07-24 00:21:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go Dutch simply means to split the cost.
2006-07-24 00:13:51 · answer #5 · answered by ms8wotw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dutch - It could mean he wants you to become Dutch. Study the Netherlands and you might learn a thing or two. If that doesn’t work, try the French, or Germans!
2006-07-24 00:17:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dutch treat means that you pay for what you eat and they for what they eat. It does NOT mean splitting the bill 50/50.
Will D
Enterprise AL
2006-07-24 00:17:32 · answer #7 · answered by Will D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going Dutch simply means that everyone pays their own way.
2006-07-24 00:48:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go out for a meal with someone and 'go dutch' it means you each pay for your own meal.
2006-07-24 00:18:49 · answer #9 · answered by Navi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 'dutch treat' is a party where each one pays for oneself. puts no burden on no one so to say.
2006-07-24 00:20:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you are just friends, and no sexual favors will be exchanged. They are trying to have a cheap date and make you pay for what you order.
2006-07-24 00:29:52 · answer #11 · answered by jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋