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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

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.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Old English you mean? I'm Dutch and I've never heard of a word where g is pronounced like y in Dutch

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Nope, Old Dutch. Same for names like Solveig.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a Scandinavian name, not a Dutch word

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 4 weeks ago

you're telling me martin solveig isn't dutch? wait no he's french

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