Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square221linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1221arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square221linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJaybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoIn the Netherlands, we don’t call out country The Netherlands. We call it: “Nederland”. Completely different.
minus-squareNangijala@feddit.dkBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoSame with Denmark = Danmark I know. It’s a shocking difference. We call you guys Holland for some reason, though and every non-european I’ve ever met keeps thinking we are the same country. I was asked to say something in Dutch once and just looked blankly at the person.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBut the Americans seem to think you are Duits.
In the Netherlands, we don’t call out country The Netherlands.
We call it: “Nederland”. Completely different.
Same with Denmark = Danmark
I know. It’s a shocking difference. We call you guys Holland for some reason, though and every non-european I’ve ever met keeps thinking we are the same country. I was asked to say something in Dutch once and just looked blankly at the person.
But the Americans seem to think you are Duits.