AVFCforever1991 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Holland is in the Netherlands.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnie Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Is Apeldoom actually in Holland? It's in Gelderland isn't it, so the Netherlands, not Holland. Hold on... Netherlands and Holland are two different countries / places?? I always thought it was the same place Shocking ignorance for one so clued up on foreign matters. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 You probably had a better night than Mr Hutton though. or mr.bannan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 My A-level results were C-D-D It didn't matter as I'd passed the Aberystwyth scholarship exam about 2 months into the whole A-level process. I spent an hour comparing British weaponry to German and somehow I got in. Took the pressure of the whole results day thing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Holland is in the Netherlands.. After a Google. (I thought Holland was more like 90% of the Netherlands, but there you go.) Edited August 15, 2013 by CrackpotForeigner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2013 But Netherlands football fans do chant "Hup Holland". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Is Apeldoom actually in Holland? It's in Gelderland isn't it, so the Netherlands, not Holland. Hold on... Netherlands and Holland are two different countries / places?? I always thought it was the same place Ignore limpid, he's being facetious Edited August 15, 2013 by villaajax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 15, 2013 Foreigners (i.e. non-Dutchies) of shall we say the pedantic persuasion have more of a problem with the 'mis-use' of the word Holland than Dutch people do from my experience. Most if not all of the Dutch people I've met say Holland when they mean Netherlands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Most Americans says 'Brits' when they mean English people. Scottish people apparently aren't 'Brits'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 i usually call it little Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 15, 2013 Most Americans says 'Brits' when they mean English people. Scottish people apparently aren't 'Brits'.I'd say it's probably more a case that the ones who don't regard themselves as Brits are just uncomfortable with the fact that they are Brits i usually call it little Germany And Austrians are 'Mountain Germans' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Most Americans says 'Brits' when they mean English people. Scottish people apparently aren't 'Brits'. unless they win Wimbledon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Most Turks have no knowledge of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Island. They call the whole place Ingiliterre. When I say I went to uni in Wales they sometimes say: 'I wish I could go to uni in a foreign country' Alan McGregor corrected some douche on Turkish TV when playing for Besiktas, saying he was from Scotland not England. They didn't have a scooby what he was on about. Although, I do live in a country where ignorance of facts is an art form. Edited August 15, 2013 by AVFC_Hitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 15, 2013 When I say I went to uni in Wales they sometimes say: 'I wish I could go to uni in a foreign country'What's wrong with their response in that situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 When I say I went to uni in Wales they sometimes say: 'I wish I could go to uni in a foreign country' What's wrong with their response in that situation? Because..I'll tell you why..because...you know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 But Netherlands football fans do chant "Hup Holland". They also chant "I want my bike back" at Holland v Germany games. Apparently in 1945 every bicycle in Holland The Netherlands was nicked by Germans fleeing the Allied advance. Very funny, although possibly a bit cruel and stuck-in-the-past, but when has that ever bothered football fans on a windup, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The Germans confiscated all bicycles during the occupation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The Japaneese might have started that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The Japaneese might have started that The occupation of The Netherlands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 15, 2013 Well if Katie Melua has taught us anything about history (and I'm fairly sure she has!) it's that we should probably be looking more closely at China. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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