Comment on I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany
Jaybird@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In the Netherlands, we don’t call out country The Netherlands.
We call it: “Nederland”. Completely different.
Comment on I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany
Jaybird@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In the Netherlands, we don’t call out country The Netherlands.
We call it: “Nederland”. Completely different.
Nangijala@feddit.dk 20 hours ago
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.