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[redfiona99]

How common is phrase 'Dutch courage' in US English? I'm thinking especially of someone upper middle class US in the 1960s.

Related to that, I appear to have lost my smut mojo. Which is a problem, since a fair number of the outstanding fics on my slate are at least smut-adjacent.

Oh well, it'll give me something to do because I am taking all of December off. Well I say off, but since my contract ended it's more, unemployed but relaxing.

SPECTRE review also forthcoming. It'll give me something to do while flying to Mexico, which is apposite.

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[opera142.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard the phrase before. Liquid Courage is more common.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I said "Dutch courage" to an American and they were very confused. But they weren't born in the 60s.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Why can't the rest of the world insult the Dutch like they're supposed to :)

Thanks. That's two votes for use something else.