Dutch uncle is a term for a person who issues frank, harsh, and severe comments and criticism to educate, encourage, or admonish someone...

... Thus, a "Dutch uncle" is a person who is rather the reverse of what is normally thought of as avuncular or uncle-like (which would be indulgent and permissive).

One other proposed explanation is that the term, often expressed as "talk to one like a Dutch uncle," originated in the early 1800s as an allusion to the sternness and sobriety attributed to the Dutch. Dutch behaviour is defined in the book Culture Shock! Netherlands: A Survival Guide To Customs and Etiquette as "practical, direct, outspoken, stubborn, well-organised, blunt and thinking they are always right."^{[cite this quote]} According to that particular source, these are the alleged reasons behind the English term "Dutch uncle."

Still another possible origin may be the marriage of the Dutch William of Orange, who later became incumbent of the British throne, to the English Mary II, in the late 1600s. When the English and Dutch navy were combined during this period the English sailors viewed the Dutch with some resentment, and unwanted advice or orders from Dutch sailors purportedly were said to be from "my Dutch uncle."

Ολα τα ανωτέρω εις την αγγλικήν λογάκια είναι κόπι πέηστ από τη γουικιπίντια και είναι 99,9% σωστά. Παραλείπουν να αναφερθούν ωστόσο στο γκρουπάκι που φέρει το όνομα Ντατς Ανκλ, του οποιου βίντεο αναρτώ τώρα προς τέρψιν των αυτιών μας... Κι έχω μια νύστα...