Time for another look at an old classic!
If you have a spare four hours or so, have a look at all parts of this ITV documentary The Adventure of English. Or the first part of it anyway:
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Double Dutch – the History of English
English-Language Thoughts 
[…] its use in American English is also due to the fact it comes from early 16th-century Dutch, and was preserved by Dutch speakers emigrating to the American continent at that time who […]
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[…] all due to conflicting tastes and trends in art in the past. Still life in English comes from the Dutch stilleven, (still life), as the genre came to prominence in the Low Countries in the 16th century. […]
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