Johan van der Meulen better known by his pseudonym John O'Mill (a jocular translation of his given name, as if O' stands for "of the"), is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 author mostly known for his wordplay and limerick

Limerick (poetry)

A limerick is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem, especially one in five-line or meter with a strict rhyme scheme , which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The form can be found in England as of the early years of the 18th century...

s, and for using a macaronic

Macaronic language

Macaronic refers to text spoken or written using a mixture of languages, sometimes including bilingual puns, particularly when the languages are used in the same context . The term is also sometimes used to denote hybrid words, which are in effect internally macaronic...

 combination of Dutch and English words and sentence structures he called "Double Dutch" (itself a pun on various meanings of this phrase). Double Dutch appears English, but it cannot be fully understood without knowledge of Dutch, because it is based on the literal translation of Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

idioms into English and the similarity in sound of certain words and expressions. O'Mill, who was until 1975 a teacher of English at the public highschool "Rijks-HBS" at Breda near Rotterdam, was inspired by the clumsy English used by his pupils.

Books

• Lyrical Laria (1956)
• Rollicky Rhymes (1957) in Dutch and double Dutch (D.&d.D.)
• Curious Couplets (1958) & preposterous prose (D.&d.D.)
• Tafellarijmvet (1958) (table drawer rhyming grease)
• Bonny Ballads (1959) medly of verse and worse
• Mixture (1961)
• Louter Leuter (1962) (nothing but chatter)
• Cocktail (1963)
• Medical mess (1965)
• Puure Piffel (1965) (pure drivel)
• Complex (1965)
• Op deuren en glazen (1973) (on doors and glasses)
• Popsy Poems (1975) pre-popsylated poetry (D.&d.D.)
• Literary Larycook Dutch:Lariekoek = nonsense(1977)
• Loony lyrics (1981)
• Penfruit Prullaria (1983) Dutch:Prullaria = bits and pieces
• Boloney belletrie (1984) (become sleepy unless med. description)
• Apologische spreekwoorden (1984) (apological proverbs)