Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1231arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square223fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoIn the Netherlands, we don’t call out country The Netherlands. We call it: “Nederland”. Completely different.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoBut the Americans seem to think you are Duits.
minus-squareNangijala@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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.
In the Netherlands, we don’t call out country The Netherlands.
We call it: “Nederland”. Completely different.
But the Americans seem to think you are Duits.
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.