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Re: Meaning orgin

Posted by Barry on January 20, 2000

In Reply to: Meaning orgin posted by john gala on January 20, 2000

: "you are in Dutch" or "you are in double dutch"

'My old Dutch' is cockney slang for wife and to speak 'Double Dutch' is to be incomprehensible to any other than yourself. Well at least that's my as yet un-researched opinion.