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photo: René Clement

Did you know that the arrival of Dutch immigrants in the 17th century left its marks in the American-English language?

Examples: landscape (landschap), brandy (brandewijn), coleslaw (koolsla), dollar (daalder), cookie (koekje), Santa Claus (Sinterklaas), boss (baas), Yankee (Jan-Kees) and skate (schaats).