On 2018-01-30 15:39, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:48:15 -0800, Rustom Mody wrote:
[...]
Ah, yes, the Dutch Reach. That would be like the French Pox (which
isn't French), the Spanish Flu (that didn't start in Spain), the
Jerusalem artichoke (which is neither an artichoke nor from Jerusalem),
and the turkey (the bird, which has nothing to do with Turkey, the
country).
This technique is neither taught nor commonly used used by the Dutch:
apparently some Americans decided that because the Netherlands has a
lot of cyclists, they'll say its Dutch.
reference please
The onus should be on those who claim that the technique actually is used
by the Dutch. Anecdotally, the Dutch people I've spoken to on the
Internet had no idea that this technique even existed.
Do we know of anyone who's Dutch and frequents a Python newsgroup? :-)
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