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minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoI expect that is has something to do with the Dutch trade monopoly with Japan. Most countries seem like pronounced as in Dutch, only japanized.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoWe use Holland to refer to Nederland quite often, even though we aware that that isn’t correct
minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days agoYeah, because otherwise nobody knows what we’re talking about
I expect that is has something to do with the Dutch trade monopoly with Japan. Most countries seem like pronounced as in Dutch, only japanized.
But not the Netherlands itself
We use Holland to refer to Nederland quite often, even though we aware that that isn’t correct
Yeah, because otherwise nobody knows what we’re talking about