Dutch Language Area

Famous quotes containing the words dutch, language and/or area:

    Too nice is neighbor’s fool.
    —Common Dutch saying, trans by Johanna C. Prins.

    Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.
    Louise Bogan (1897–1970)

    The area [of toilet training] is one where a child really does possess the power to defy. Strong pressure leads to a powerful struggle. The issue then is not toilet training but who holds the reins—mother or child? And the child has most of the ammunition!
    Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)