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R 1 - f ' ' , ' gp fb rg. R 'C1 'Li s - ' G , ' DUTCH WORDS, PHRAsEs, ETC. CIRCULAR, of which a copy follows, has been sent out by Professor Carpenter of Columbia University, the object of which will commend itself to the members of the Holland Society, and all others who recall memories of childhood in which are mingled Dutch accents spoken by parents and grandparents to whom that tongue was the language of the home. DEAR SIR: The early Dutch settlers on Long Island, in New Jersey, and up through the valleys of the Hudson and the Mohawk and the radiating country have left behind them in the language of to-day the evi- dence of their mother-tongue, not merely in single words like szfoop, boss, cooky, Waller, etc., which have passed into the common vocabulary, or like vb, kzli clove, etc., which have become parts of local nomenclature, but in phrases still retained in local usage, and, in particular, in nursery rhymes remem- bered in more or less perfect form by their de- scendants. Such reminders of our origins have a distinct historical and linguistic value, and this particular one is of altogether exceptional interest. It is desired by the undersigned to make a care- ful collection of this material, as complete as may be, to be kept as a permanent record to illustrate a 114
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lecture ltllfally tsrtain. Y Itself of this 'H with 3 place 2 Fifth tl this rhurch arliest erland. l look listers their Dutch ersity Istory mm so usual r has ity in new. tized ngth in its ents iave and POII are n in :tl 3 I I 3 a dy- lre- 1 ifl ted ipf II3 various cities our lecturer has been invited to dis CUSS his subject. This interest did not exist b f e ore the beginning of these lectures, and it is certainl d y ue to the initia- tive of the Holland Societ th t ' ' y a It exists at all. From the point of view f h o t e University, we can- not too warmly commend this W k or of enlighten- ment, which we sincerely hope the Holland Society may see Ht to perpetuate. Respectfully, WM. H. CARPENTER. 1. fr' .,. , .' f -7 QQ2 I If ni. 7 ,V no 'mira' 'r f' fb 45? si is 6 a .N 4 ' i .N 6 S' oe, I , . 0 . I , X nf l .J ,l . 20' 4 1
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