The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50032   Message #1149939
Posted By: Crane Driver
30-Mar-04 - 09:06 AM
Thread Name: Plain Folk(s)?
Subject: RE: Plain Folk(s)?
"Dutch" = "Deutsch", or German. Originally, Dutch meant anyone of Germanic origin except the Dutch, who were called Hollanders. Is that any clearer?

No, I didn't think so.

Ah well.

Andrew