How could we have let this happen?
How could we have let this happen?
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New York —> new Amsterdam —> Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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Even old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can't say. People just liked it better that way!
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So take me back to Constantinople
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No you can't go back to Constantinople.
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Been a long time gone, Constantinople
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Or Instanbul
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I have a friend who has a house fairly close to New York City that was built by the Dutch. Just a fun fact.
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To second this, Harlem the neighbourhood in New York originates from Haarlem, an actual city near Amsterdam.
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But new Amsterdam is gin.
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What a waste. To think we could have had a new war of the roses if the New Lancastrians hadn’t ducked out.
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