One-Oh-Four
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In which province should I start knocking on doors? Overijssel, Drenthe, Groningen or Friesland?
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One-Oh-Four
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Iāve seen a couple of episodes of her channel too. I donāt know about the other Dutchies but I can assure you that Iām a soft snowflake compared to her!
One-Oh-Four
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And letās not forget that a really unified Germany only started in 1871 as the Deutsches Reich with an emperor and all. Before that there was the Deutsche Bund, a union of sorts of all the little German states; principalities, dukedoms etc. Before 1815/16 all these territories were part of the Holy Roman Empire. So the name Germany didnāt exist when a lot of German-rooted people already immigrated into the USA. Older forms of the Dutch language were als known as āDietsā (pronounce: deets), whichSorry, I wasn't very clear. Nowadays the usage is always in reference to the Netherlands. But whenever it is used historically it seems to always refer to something German instead, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch, the lost Dutchman's mine, etc.
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"Dutchman" was a common American term for a German ("Dutch" being the English cognate to the German demonym "Deutsch", and not a reference to the Dutch people).
One-Oh-Four
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A lot of Dutch immigrants in Maryland? A half-brother of mine lives in Connecticut. Came to the US as a kid, before I was even born.
Teletubbie
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Welcome 104, good to have you here.
I've always enjoyed visits to the Netherlands.
I've always enjoyed visits to the Netherlands.
North of Den Helder. Take a ferry.In which province should I start knocking on doors? Overijssel, Drenthe, Groningen or Friesland?
Srini
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Dutch immigration is not the reason. I'm sure you know this better than I do, but the area from upstate NY (at least as far upstate as Albany, which was originally called Beverwijck, by the way) down to NYC, most of Delaware, some of Pennsylvania, parts of NJ and northern Maryland (and probably also the Eastern Shore of Maryland) was called New Netherlands. This was before the British came, so it would have been in the early 1600s.
But you knew that!
Srini
One-Oh-Four
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The island of Texel! Among the sheep, the seals and (in the summer) the tourists! Funny thing is, Iāve never been on Texel.North of Den Helder. Take a ferry.
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