Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Here's what aquick search yielded.. > > > When the British took over New Amsterdam ... > > The Dutch used to throw this insult back at the British - John = Jahn, Cheese > > = Kees.
Though cheese=kaas. I'll go with our Dutch friend's explanation (that Kees is also a Dutch name with no equivalent en Engels), though this looks like the same story, slightly skewed. I wonder if the presence in London of Chinese restaurants and imported Dutch cheese is why the rest of britain call cockneys "Wan-kaas" :-) *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
