r/CozyPlaces • u/Almighty_Egg Dog at feet • Dec 26 '22

COTTAGE East Neuk, Scotland. Early 1700s. Fire crackles, waves batter the house.

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u/miaomiaomiao Dec 26 '22

Neuk means Fuck in Dutch 🤭

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u/Almighty_Egg Dog at feet Dec 26 '22

Ha! I should have known (neuken in de keuken).

This part of Scotland traded heavily with the Dutch back in the day (hence the stepped Dutch gables of our house and many others).

It must have provided a good laugh to the Dutch sailors and tradesmen.

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u/outdoorsyAF101 Dec 27 '22

I learned two things today! What were they trading?

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u/OreoSpamBurger Dec 27 '22 edited Dec 27 '22

Scotland traded heavily with the Dutch

A lot of wool for the dutch textile industry, apparently, also fish and seafood. High end finished goods came back the other way.

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/travel/scotland-travel/scotland-has-been-going-dutch-since-1066

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/tv-film/2071663/scotlands-centuries-old-links-with-the-flemish-and-dutch-people-celebrated-in-new-billy-kay-documentaries/

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u/Szygani Dec 27 '22

Why would we trade fish? Both countries are coastal countries! What did we do; "here's a herring, can have your herring now?"

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u/OreoSpamBurger Dec 27 '22

Yeah I wondered that, but it was mentioned in one of the articles I linked.

Maybe Scottish fish was considered better or 'exotic' or something? They also mentioned Salmon, which I would guess Scotland had relatively more of.

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u/albadil Dec 27 '22

Looks uncomfortably at name of the village...

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u/OstentatiousSock Dec 27 '22

Wow! So this is your ancestral home? Super cool!