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:::I suppose that the terms "Dutch courage", "Dutch treat", "Dutch oven" and "Dutch Bantam" all refer to the language of the Netherlands in common US usage then? Once again you make a snide reference to my European background. I am well aware that Conservapedia is primarily an American project but many editors and readers are not American and it is appropriate that other dialects of the English language be taken into account without having to dispense with American idiom and spelling. Indeed, whenever I can I defer to US spelling where I am cognizant of the fact. [[User:BrianCo|BrianCo]] 05:24, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:::I suppose that the terms "Dutch courage", "Dutch treat", "Dutch oven" and "Dutch Bantam" all refer to the language of the Netherlands in common US usage then? Once again you make a snide reference to my European background. I am well aware that Conservapedia is primarily an American project but many editors and readers are not American and it is appropriate that other dialects of the English language be taken into account without having to dispense with American idiom and spelling. Indeed, whenever I can I defer to US spelling where I am cognizant of the fact. [[User:BrianCo|BrianCo]] 05:24, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::::Does there exist an American English adjective for ''belonging to the Netherlands'' other than ''Dutch''? The dictionary of the ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' states that ''Dutch'' may refer to a person of the Netherlands, the language, or something of the Netherlands. As this word is in use [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dutch&searchmode=none since 1600] to describe the inhabitants of the Netherlands, I think the Americans ''should'' understand it. --[[User:BRichtigen|BRichtigen]] 07:08, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::::Does there exist an American English adjective for ''belonging to the Netherlands'' other than ''Dutch''? The dictionary of the ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' states that ''Dutch'' may refer to a person of the Netherlands, the language, or something of the Netherlands. As this word is in use [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dutch&searchmode=none since 1600] to describe the inhabitants of the Netherlands, I think the Americans ''should'' understand it. --[[User:BRichtigen|BRichtigen]] 07:08, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:::::Dutch is correct. To refer to 'the Netherlands city of Maastricht' would not, I suppose, be incorrect, but sounds odd. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 07:12, 16 November 2008 (EST)