
Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands
The History of English Podcast
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The History of the Netherlands
Tobacco and tea were poor ing into western europe in the mid 15 hundreds. But words like snuff and tea actually came into english from dutch. The ports of the netherlands were home to more sea going ships than anywhere else in europe. And the region rem and a very important centre for english traders, as it had been for centuries.
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