Holland - Netherlands ( off topic)

[Jeffrey Crawley]

It's all Dutch to me ;o)

Quoting pieter pannevis <ppaPP.MYADSL.NL>:

> Dear all,
> Dear Charles,
>
> Let me explain. We Dutch we live in Holland, that's the whole country
> If they ask me were I'm living I say in Holland!
> We have even two provinces that are called:  northern and southern Holland
> (along the coast)
> In ancient times they were very important, the seat of government was there
> etc.
> So the whole country was named after it!
>
> However the constitutional name for Holland is the Netherlands (the low
> countries)
> It has 13 provinces, like the states in the USA
>
> We had a discussion recently; where do you live; in America, but more
> exact...in the USA
> I do live in the province of Gelderland, which has to a certain degree, like
> all provinces a kind of autonomy
>
> The only province which is a bit out; is Friesland.
> They are very friendly people, with their own language and they got that far
> that all documents and road signs are bilingual
>
> I do not know if this clears a bit...but it was a try
>
> Pieter from Holland (sorry, the Netherlands)
> Well anyway in addresses we use
> The Netherlands


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