> > of course, holland, and other western countries, (...)
> <troll>
> The name of the country is "The Netherlands".
> Holland is one part of it, which, unfortunately,
> has permeated western languages
> as the name of the whole country.
> In Portuguese, it's even awful. We use
> "Holanda" when we should
> use the horrible word "Neerlândia".
> It's like calling the United Kingdom
> "England" or the USA "Florida-Ohio".
> </troll>
> Alberto Monteiro
thanks for the correction, alberto. what part of the netherlands is holland?
is it correct to call natives of the netherlands, dutch?
jon
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