The enormous Dutch influence on America

Messy

Messy

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Boss: baas
Cookie: koekie
Dollar: daalder, but that comes from the German Zsech thaler
Coleslaw: koolsla
Yacht: jacht
Sleigh: slee
Santa Claus: Sinterklaas
Bluff: bluffen
Berm: berm
Drugstore: drogisterij
Brooklyn: Breukelen
Harlem: Haarlem
Knapsack: knapzak
Dyke: dijk
Yankees: comes from 'Jan-Kees'. Dutch colonists who moved to the New Netherland (present-day New York) in the 17th century were often named Jan or Kees. Their British competitors therefore mockingly called them 'Jan-Kezen'. In translated form: 'Yankees'.
 
robin416 said:
It might be better to say Dutch influence on English since it is spoken as a first language in other countries.
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Oh yes you're right. We have even more influence than I thought. But the British keep saying biscuits lol.
 
We show other influences all over the country French in Louisiana, Hispanic in the south west,
Missouri the rivers and counties names are mostly Native American and had a large influx of German
settlers. It is fascinating to read up where they all migrated to once they got here.
 
GP44 said:
I remember when I was in elementary school hearing about some Dutch guy discovered New York!
His name was something Van something.
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Looked it up. It was an Italian guy and then an Englishman who worked for the Dutch.

The Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to visit the port of New York in 1524. However, actual exploration and settlement did not begin until 1609 with the Englishman Henry Hudson, who explored the river named after him on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Important historical facts: Discovery (1524): Giovanni da Verrazzano named the area "Nouvelle-Angoulême". Exploration (1609): Henry Hudson mapped the area for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Founding (1624-1625): The Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland and the settlement of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan.
 
Messy said:
Looked it up. It was an Italian guy and then an Englishman who worked for the Dutch.

The Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to visit the port of New York in 1524. However, actual exploration and settlement did not begin until 1609 with the Englishman Henry Hudson, who explored the river named after him on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Important historical facts: Discovery (1524): Giovanni da Verrazzano named the area "Nouvelle-Angoulême". Exploration (1609): Henry Hudson mapped the area for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Founding (1624-1625): The Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland and the settlement of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan.
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Wow! Where were you at when my fourth grade teacher was steering wrong!
I feel like I have been so misguided now! LOL!
Of course I might have remembered it all wrong because that was 73 years ago when I was in fourth grade. Did I figure that out right? 82-9?
 
Messy said:
Looked it up. It was an Italian guy and then an Englishman who worked for the Dutch.

The Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to visit the port of New York in 1524. However, actual exploration and settlement did not begin until 1609 with the Englishman Henry Hudson, who explored the river named after him on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Important historical facts: Discovery (1524): Giovanni da Verrazzano named the area "Nouvelle-Angoulême". Exploration (1609): Henry Hudson mapped the area for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Founding (1624-1625): The Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland and the settlement of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan.
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Glad you mentioned this.
I'm one of the individuals who didn't pay enough attention in Social Studies class, because this was probably addressed..
Wondering if you or anyone else here might know the answer:

As the one individual you mentioned was British, and name was HENRY Hudson, why is it various references and even a high school refer to him as HENDRICK Hudson, which led most people to figure he was Dutch?
 
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