Re: FW: RE: Effects Of Rising Sea Level (was: Re: Transferring Wealth)

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 20:22 24-5-01 +0100, Robert Shaw wrote:

>The Netherlands doesn't quite sound like a country name either.
>Countries don't normally get definite articles in modern
>English and Netherlands is plural, not a suitable name for a
>single entity.

It is plural, sure, but the full name of this lovely little country isn't. 
Officially, we're known as "The Kingdom of The Netherlands".


Jeroen

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