Shall we start about US words being of true Dutch origin?
Harlem = Haarlem an ancient city in the netherlands 10 miles from the place
i live.
Brooklyn = Breukelen - a little town 10 miles south of Amsterdam.
etc.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Breneman" <david_breneman@yahoo.com>
To: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Common Language
> --- On Thu, 1/8/09, Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com> wrote:
>
>> Isn't yacht Dutch?
>
> Bad example. The French word for yacht is also yacht.
> That's what you get for pulling examples off the top of
> your head in the middle of the night after a long drive
> home from work avoiding flooded out roads and drinking
> a couple of beers to soothe your nerves before you read
> your email.
>
> :-)
>
> Still, the demarcation between "common" words of germanic
> origin and "noble" words of french origin in modern
> English is real. The division of Karl der Gro_e's Holy
> Roman Empire between his two sons set in motion the split
> of modern German and French from their original common root.
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