David G Fisher
David G Fisher
That's because Germany isn't called Germany in German. It's Deutschland -
land of the Deutsch. The Brits considered us Hollanders to be some sort of
Deutschers too, living in the same region (from their point of view) and
speaking the same kind of language. Deutsch - Dutch... it's just an
historical mistake. It even dates from times when neither the Netherlands
nor Germany existed as countries.
Bye,
Leo
David G Fisher (who's only been joking but feels he has to point that out
here at r.a.s. for fear of having his fake stupidity used against him at a
later date.........whewww)
> >I still can't figure out why you're called the "Dutch".
> >Ireland=Irish
> >United States of America=Americans
> >Switzerland=Swiss
> >Germany=Germans
> >Great Britian=British
> >Holland/Netherlands=Dutch??
> >David G Fisher=Ignorant American
> In Dutch it's:
> Holland - Hollanders
> or
> Nederland - Nederlanders..
> so who made up this Dutch thingy?
> Andre
David G Fisher
> > I still can't figure out why you're called the "Dutch".
> > Germany=Germans
> > Holland/Netherlands=Dutch??
> That's because Germany isn't called Germany in German. It's Deutschland -
> land of the Deutsch. The Brits considered us Hollanders to be some sort of
> Deutschers too, living in the same region (from their point of view) and
> speaking the same kind of language. Deutsch - Dutch... it's just an
> historical mistake. It even dates from times when neither the Netherlands
> nor Germany existed as countries.
> Bye,
> Leo
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>>I'd considered running another one, but hadn't put a lot of thought into it.
>>We still haven't run Spa yet - maybe that on on the 26th, and re-do Rouen on
>>Jan 1st? I need to look through the available tracks list... :-)
>>Eldred
>Spa is good - and how about Silverstone on Jan 1st, just like last
>year?
>Andre
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Andre
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Don McCorkle
Sweet, I could use a couple of months of special lunches.
Don McCorkle
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Thursday?
dave henrie
Actually, it's Nederlands, so you are wrong too. :-) Oh, and it's Den Hague,
not *The* Hague. No, I'm not Dutch.
Maybe you can explain this other great Dutch conundrum for me too. Why do
people say "going dutch" when they go on a date and each pays their own way?
To me it implies that the Dutch are cheap, but I have never seen evidence of
that. You probably don't know the answer to that because they don't say it
there, but over here people occasionally say it.
Wow, cool. Thanks for the info, Leo!
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