r/TurtleFacts • u/[deleted] • May 28 '20

Turtle Bay, Manhattan is named because the Dutch word for knife is deutal, which was misheard as turtle when naming the former Turtle Bay Cove.

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u/BadNeighbour May 28 '20

Where did you get this?

Deutal is not a dutch word. The Dutch word for knife is "mes".

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u/[deleted] May 28 '20

Giner, Val. "Turtle Bay" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2., p. 1340

“Deutal being Dutch for knife”.

Is it Old Dutch or something? I wouldn’t know, I don’t speak it.

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u/Beta12320 May 29 '20

It's a thing on a ship, with which another thing is attached

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u/BadNeighbour May 28 '20

Could be. I'm Dutch but I'm no linguist.

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u/pygame Jul 31 '20

Hallo! Ik ben geweest Nederlands spreken van Duolingo. As you can tell, I’m still a beginner and very rusty, but I would appreciate it if you could teach me a few colloquialisms used by native Dutch people. Fijne dag!

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u/Top_Schedule_7693 Oct 10 '20

It's a local accent. Doital sounds like Toital. Toitles live inda wata.

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u/Tough_Context_9875 Nov 04 '23

Maybe they mean Deuvel, which is a wooden peg to tie a rope to.