Post #1174529

2026-04-14 10:50 UTC

Funny thing I noticed about some #dutch language today. Like #danish , it shares some words with Scots. Not the spelling, but the pronunciation can be almost identical. The one I found today in some 1720s “pirate” literature: Steenkerk. (Stone Church) In Scots is “Stane kirk” but sounds almost identical to the Dutch when said by a #scottish speaker NOT trained in #hollywood (Deh get iss stairted…) 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇳🇱 #scotland #nederlands #holland

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@thanetric@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-14 11:05

@cflynnbooks Lots shared in Old English and proto Germanic with near neighbours. It seems to coincide with family introductions (like Bairn) Alsjeblieft seems more related to "as you please" rather than "here you go". I think it is more to do with sailors and traders going home at the end of trip to the particular family that is an easy downwind trip more than actual migration.

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@allypally@mastodon.scot 2026-07-12 22:03

@cflynnbooks@mastodonapp.uk An English friend was showing me round Amsterdam. “The old church is down that way,” he said. “And a newer one is along here.” “I can see that from the street names,” say I. “I didn’t know you spoke Dutch!” “I don’t, but the street names give it away.” Oudkerksplein and Niewe Kerkstraat were obvious to me, and completely obscure to him.

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