Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands
The History of English Podcast
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The History of English Trade With the Netherlands
Trade between england and the netherlands had to cross the english channel by ship. English borrowed a lot of naut terms from dutch that included words like skipper, keel, deck, dock, pump,. Scout, which was originally a flat bottomed boat. Forlorn hope refers to a situation that's hopeless or has little chance of success. Hope is actually the dutch version of the english word heap.
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