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"If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much" nghĩa là gì?
25 Nov, 2021
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"If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much" = không phải người Hà Lan thì cũng không ghê lắm -> câu cửa miệng hài hước hay dùng ở Mỹ khi một người Hà Lan muốn khẳng định niềm tự hào về quê nhà họ.
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In communities such as this, the familiar refrain (điệp khúc) goes “If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much.” Gay Lynn Drooger does not have roots in the Netherlands, but for three decades and counting she has meant so very much to her adopted small hometown here in Pipestone County.
Clearly, the town wears its Dutch heritage (di sản) proudly - as one local enthusiast put it on her blog, “If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much!” If you want to revel (ham mê) in all things Dutch, you won’t have to look hard - you can visit a local tulip farm or gardens with a working windmill, see how traditional wooden shoes are made, and buy Stroopwafels, pet some goats, and let the kids go on rides at Nelis’ Dutch Village theme park.
As MacFarquhar writes, people in Orange City tend to stay there, and to account for this she cites the attraction of its culture: an abundance of churches (nhà thờ), a proud ethnic heritage, and the reality that everybody knows your genealogy (phả hệ). (“If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much!”) But she doesn’t give enough credit to the role that thrift plays in sustaining the community.
“Lara has this saying which is, ‘If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much,’ ” said Grede, who is looking forward to the opening of the first Frame store in Los Angeles.
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