[DUTCH-1] "Golf" in English is a borrowed word (from: "Kolf")!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
26/02/2010 19:18

I was searching the Internet to find out why the British call people from the Kingdom of the Netherlands "Dutch". Here's an explanation: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_origin_of_the_word_Dutch



Interesting to see also is how many words in English have a Dutch (Netherlands) origin. Click the link and don't forget to check the G (Golf)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Dutch_origin#cite_note-deVries-1

wanderer


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Message Posted:
26/02/2010 19:38

DC not surprising as we kept being invaded by the Angles and Saxons post Roman times

The Midlands is divided by the Dane Law The South of which were the "English " to be

The dialect still has common Germanic words bist baint dost etc

There has also been genetic gene surveys around the St Albans area showing the strong Dutch connections through economic migration /invasion

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
26/02/2010 19:42

RE msg 2, wanderer: (...) Dutch connections through economic migration /invasion (...)

=> Invasion?! You probably mean an economic "peace operation"..?

mark&beck



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Message Posted:
26/02/2010 20:11

I read somewhere (on a clubhouse wall I think) that the word "golf" was derived from the term "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden" taken from the original rule book!!!

wanderer


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Message Posted:
26/02/2010 20:46

Dutch post Roman there were many invasions

they were finally resolved by the following till

http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=day&id=08050910

Then there were the Normans more Vikings from France

Four "pease opperations mentioned below"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Dutch_Wars#The_first_war_.281652.E2.80.931654.29