Sonja wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:33:40 +1000, Russell Chapman
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Any explanation appreciated.
The tiny Netherlands basically have a north south divide. Pretty much
along
the big rivers. The north is protestant, monarchist and loud. The south is
catholic, papist and
Alberto wrote:
Sonja wrote:
The Dutch calling
themselves 'Hollanders' has it's roots in history (I believe somewhere
in
the 80 years war (...)
Which war is that? A 50 year extension of the 30 Years War, or a 20
year truce in the 100 Years War? :-)
It's this little rebellion the
In a message dated 2/26/03 8:03:15 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
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the 80 years war (...)
Which war is that? A 50 year extension of the 30 Years War, or a 20
year truce in the 100 Years War? :-)
It's this little rebellion the netherlanders had against friendly
[80 years war]
Ticia wrote:
It's this little rebellion the netherlanders had against
friendly Spanish rule / world domination in Spain's golden
age (the empire where the sun never set...) Lenghty
chapters in Dutch history books, barely a paragraph
in my Spanish history book...
[Nick, I got this message much later than the replies to it]
William Taylor wrote:
We need a Fifty Years War to fill in the gap
between 30 and 80...
A 42 Years War would be
nothing to panic about.
We might consider that the WW3 was the 44 Years War too.
Or maybe if we mark
At 15:54 26-2-2003 +0100, Ticia Luengo wrote:
I spend my formative schooling years in Spain so I'm not sure where the
rivers are that divide the North South, but what actually constitutes
the south the in your book Sonja? Gelderland, Limburg Zeeland?
I think that would be Zeeland,
At 12:31 26-2-2003 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Ah, there are lenghty chapters of it in _Brazilian_ history [but I didn't
know that this war had a name]: Portugal had been anschlussed by Spain,
and the Dutch tried to conquer the Northeast of Brazil. Probably barely a
paragraph in _dutch_
At 15:46 25-2-2003 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote:
People down south are more levelheaded and have more sense. grin
Sonja
GCU Care to guess which part of the country I grew up? grin
..and Jeroen? :D
Care to guess? :-)
Jeroen You ain't much if you ain't Dutch van Baardwijk
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:39:03 -, Alberto Monteiro
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Sonja wrote:
The Dutch calling themselves 'Hollanders' has it's roots in history (I
believe somewhere in the 80 years war (...)
Which war is that? A 50 year extension of the 30 Years War, or a 20
year truce in the
Greetings,
One of you has in the past chastised list members for referring to the
Netherlands as Holland, and explained the difference. I am curious as to
why the World Cup cricket team currently playing in Africa is playing as
Holland (complete with really natty orange uniforms, eclipsed only
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:33:40 +1000, Russell Chapman
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Greetings,
One of you has in the past chastised list members for referring to the
Netherlands as Holland, and explained the difference. I am curious as to
why the World Cup cricket team currently playing in Africa is
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From: S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Question for Dutch members
People down south are more
levelheaded and have more sense. grin
Sonja
GCU Care
Sonja wrote:
The Dutch calling
themselves 'Hollanders' has it's roots in history (I believe somewhere in
the 80 years war (...)
Which war is that? A 50 year extension of the 30 Years War, or a 20
year truce in the 100 Years War? :-)
Alberto Monteiro
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