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So how do the people...
Posted: Wed 5th Apr 2006 11:33 am
by Epsilon
of the Netherlands refer to themselves ? Is Dutch the correct usage ,or Nederlanders or what ? ...We have Brits and Yanks and Canucks etc.
Nederlanders seems cumbersome . Wasn't sure if Dutch ,as in Pennsylvania Dutch ,was a corruption of Deutsche ,since that term really refers to Pennsylvanians of Deutsche origin.
Posted: Wed 5th Apr 2006 01:06 pm
by Doog
Your question made me think about a couple of others
1. Why are the Netherlands also called Holland
2. Why are the people of the Netherlands/Holland known as Dutch
A quick search led me to this page, which I think answers all the questions.
http://www.4to40.com/earth/geography/in ... dvsholland
Posted: Wed 5th Apr 2006 07:55 pm
by Redeye
Yup nice find Doog. That answered it all for me!
Posted: Fri 7th Apr 2006 10:38 am
by Epsilon
Thanks for the link Doog .
Posted: Fri 7th Apr 2006 04:13 pm
by Doog
Well I can't really say too much about hash/weed in Amsterdam on the forum so I like to help out in as many other ways as possible.
Epsilon wrote:Thanks for the link Doog .
Redeye wrote:Yup nice find Doog. That answered it all for me!