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Re:Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years by khafra on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @01:35PM (#728352)
I've read that about the Dutch: "Dutch treat," "Dutch auction," etc.
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Re:Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years by iron_ball on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @02:14PM (#728447)
I think using exotic or rival nationalities to "reverse" something is a common linguistic device -- in grade school, giving someone "cuts" meant letting them in the line before you, giving "Chinese cuts" meant letting them in behind you.
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