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We have a park here...
Champoeg state park.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champoeg,_Oregon
Sham-pooie.
Because in Old Dutch, the letter g is pronounced like a y when it's at the end of a word.
I'd have assumed that was a native name tbh
Stemmed from Native, but the spelling is Old Dutch. :)
Old English you mean? I'm Dutch and I've never heard of a word where g is pronounced like y in Dutch
Nope, Old Dutch. Same for names like Solveig.
That's a Scandinavian name, not a Dutch word
you're telling me martin solveig isn't dutch? wait no he's french