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My Heritage?

Was at Blokker today as part of the never ending quest for US to European plug adapters. Blokker is like a little tiny Woolworths and is very near Markt square in Brugge. Of course there were no adapters because this is the umpteenth store we've been to and they just don't have them.

In the quest I ran across a display of plates all labeled "Borden" in Dutch and "Assiette" in French. It turns out that Borden is Dutch for plates. I always thought Borden sounded like an English word but it may be more Dutch than anything else.

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robbin said…
English is a Germanic language, and, I believe, Dutch is also. It makes sense there would be similar names.
You guys are really getting the hang of the country. Good job.
Love,
Mom
Pooks said…
Yes, as a matter of fact Dutch is the closest major language to English. Borden however is only a Dutch word (not English or German).