No probs Barry. The other parts of the country are more or less irrelevant anyhow.
Accurate. They’re all Hollanders anyway
It’s really a showcase of education.
Foreign functionally illiterate will call it Holland, while the Dutch functionally illiterate will be offended.
Olanda
When I call a Barry from Scotland english they’re passed, when I get called Hollander I have to accept that? That doesn’t seem fair.
Let’s just call the entire UK “the Home Counties”.
Ummmm this only works if he from both the Netherlands and Holland.
The rest of the country is irrelevant anyway
At first I read, ‘he is from the Neanderthals’.
After the House of Holland ruled the County of Holland for a few centuries the name kind of stuck. Why change something that has worked for a millenium?
It’s alright Barry. I can’t expect an East Anglian to understand that stuff
Correct.
Just call it the nether region.
_Países Bajos_
Well yeah. I am from Holland, so I don’t care if you say that
Just do like us and say “Netherland”. No need for a definite article. No need to make it plural. Not a mouthful.
So? Which side of that bell curve are you on, Barry?
Netherlands = Underworld
As a Hollander I am fine with this
me when i introduce the word dutch
I propose to call them just “the Nether”. Keep it short and on point.
We should normalize “Netherland”. I have no idea why other countries had to make it a plural – we don’t say “de Nederlanden”, we say “Nederland”. But for some reason everyone else makes it plural and add an article…
My experience is it’s usually the Jans from the actual provinces of Holland who are the most anal about it, everywhere else they say Holland when speaking English 🤷♂️
Why not say “nether regions”? All the same.
Actual Dutch friend: When are you coming to visit me in the Dutch.
Urm, that’s the name of your language buddy, not the name of the country
Austria already has formalized using the name of the core provinces for the entire country. Somehow people thought “Habsburgische Lande” was too long of a name.
They need a better name for the entire country, like “Subzealand”.
I just call them confused Germans
Here’s a quick guide: you say Holland if you’re being normal in a convo, just polite and making conversation. You say The Kingdom of the Netherlands when you need something from the tall, rich skinwalkers(us).
I’m fine with tourists calling it “Holland.”
It helps keeping them clustered in one area, away from the civilised parts of the country.
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w…why wouldnt you just say he’s dutch?
Ameritard detected, opinion rejected.
No probs Barry. The other parts of the country are more or less irrelevant anyhow.
Accurate. They’re all Hollanders anyway
It’s really a showcase of education.
Foreign functionally illiterate will call it Holland, while the Dutch functionally illiterate will be offended.
Olanda
When I call a Barry from Scotland english they’re passed, when I get called Hollander I have to accept that? That doesn’t seem fair.
Let’s just call the entire UK “the Home Counties”.
Ummmm this only works if he from both the Netherlands and Holland.
The rest of the country is irrelevant anyway
At first I read, ‘he is from the Neanderthals’.
After the House of Holland ruled the County of Holland for a few centuries the name kind of stuck. Why change something that has worked for a millenium?
It’s alright Barry. I can’t expect an East Anglian to understand that stuff
Correct.
Just call it the nether region.
_Países Bajos_
Well yeah. I am from Holland, so I don’t care if you say that
Just do like us and say “Netherland”. No need for a definite article. No need to make it plural. Not a mouthful.
So? Which side of that bell curve are you on, Barry?
Netherlands = Underworld
As a Hollander I am fine with this
me when i introduce the word dutch
I propose to call them just “the Nether”. Keep it short and on point.
We should normalize “Netherland”. I have no idea why other countries had to make it a plural – we don’t say “de Nederlanden”, we say “Nederland”. But for some reason everyone else makes it plural and add an article…
**Piratas**
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My experience is it’s usually the Jans from the actual provinces of Holland who are the most anal about it, everywhere else they say Holland when speaking English 🤷♂️
Why not say “nether regions”? All the same.
Actual Dutch friend: When are you coming to visit me in the Dutch.
Urm, that’s the name of your language buddy, not the name of the country
Austria already has formalized using the name of the core provinces for the entire country. Somehow people thought “Habsburgische Lande” was too long of a name.
They need a better name for the entire country, like “Subzealand”.
I just call them confused Germans
Here’s a quick guide: you say Holland if you’re being normal in a convo, just polite and making conversation. You say The Kingdom of the Netherlands when you need something from the tall, rich skinwalkers(us).
I’m fine with tourists calling it “Holland.”
It helps keeping them clustered in one area, away from the civilised parts of the country.
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