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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·27 days agoWe have a park here… Champoeg state park. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champoeg,_Oregon Sham-pooie. Because in Old Dutch, the letter g is pronounced like a y when it’s at the end of a word.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·27 days agoI’d have assumed that was a native name tbh
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoStemmed from Native, but the spelling is Old Dutch. :)
minus-squareFleppensteyn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·27 days agoOld English you mean? I’m Dutch and I’ve never heard of a word where g is pronounced like y in Dutch
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoNope, Old Dutch. Same for names like Solveig.
minus-squareFleppensteyn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoThat’s a Scandinavian name, not a Dutch word
minus-squareMeThisGuy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoyou’re telling me martin solveig isn’t dutch? wait no he’s french
We have a park here…
Champoeg state park.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champoeg,_Oregon
Sham-pooie.
Because in Old Dutch, the letter g is pronounced like a y when it’s at the end of a word.
I’d have assumed that was a native name tbh
Stemmed from Native, but the spelling is Old Dutch. :)
Old English you mean? I’m Dutch and I’ve never heard of a word where g is pronounced like y in Dutch
Nope, Old Dutch. Same for names like Solveig.
That’s a Scandinavian name, not a Dutch word
you’re telling me martin solveig isn’t dutch? wait no he’s french