[Pharmboy]

The Flag of New York City
(How many Dutch-related symbols can you find? And they came here for the beaver pelts...they weren't fleeing ANYthing...)

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[bert]

I see a telephone pole. Is that Dutch?

[thefactor]

well, the windmill for one.

and the guy on our left. his name is dexter. the indian on our right is named sinistre or somthing like that.

the names refer to "right" and "left" in latin i believe. lefties used to be thought of as evil. hence the derivative of the latin "sinister". or i could be totally wrong. should have checked wiki before i posted this...

[aculeus]

... the people who eventually conquered the Dutch colony in New Amsterdam, in 1664, and renamed it for the Duke of York —

But not York Avenue which was named after Sergeant York.

[SunkenCiv]

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