True. Wall Street, Brooklyn, Schuykill, the Catskills, Fishkill, Flushing -- all still there, descended from Dutch names, Dutch structures, and original Dutch habitations.
Vive Le Quebec libre
don't forget tappan zee, rensaelear, schenectady, onderdonk, beverwijk, etc.
And of course;
Bleeker Street ,Bowery Street , Flattbush Avenue , Wallstreet and the hood Harlem.
And what to think of the nickname 'Yankee' ? Also a Dutch word.
Bleeker Street ,Bowery Street , Flattbush Avenue , Wallstreet and the hood Harlem.
And what to think of the nickname 'Yankee' ? Also a Dutch word.
Lang Eylant (Long Island), Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Haarlem, Staten Eylant (Staten Island) (named after the "Staten Generaal" or States General, the governing body in the seventeenth-century Netherlands
Yankee was a resident of Yonkers. Is Yonkers Dutch?
Yankee was a resident of Yonkers. Is Yonkers Dutch?
Yankee has a disputed etymology, but I've never before heard it having anything to do with Yonkers.
=>Yankee was a resident of Yonkers. Is Yonkers Dutch?<=
Yonkers is a a Dutch name (and spelled with a J it's a title) but the origin of Yankee comes from Jan kaas (John cheese) and it was a derogative nickname for the inhabitants of New Netherlands used by the English (and since the English can't pronounce Dutch names/words , it became Yankee) after the Dutch left the word became a term for an inhabitant of New England.
Yonkers is a a Dutch name (and spelled with a J it's a title) but the origin of Yankee comes from Jan kaas (John cheese) and it was a derogative nickname for the inhabitants of New Netherlands used by the English (and since the English can't pronounce Dutch names/words , it became Yankee) after the Dutch left the word became a term for an inhabitant of New England.
Hi Sander,
I wanted to ask you something, ok let's go, here is my question. What dutch people gave to the world?
I wanted to ask you something, ok let's go, here is my question. What dutch people gave to the world?
I'm sorry, did this just turn into a dick-swinging contest? Take the sword-fights outside, boys.
A sword fight?! No, El C is the kind of person that shoots you in the back.
FYI: A "sword-fight" involves two persons of the male persuasion displaying their wares to each other, if you know what I mean (wink wink).
Well I think by the reactions here, we can have an idea of which countries will support an independant Québec (France, Latin America) and which countries not (English Canada, Netherlands).