Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1239arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square217linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNangijala@feddit.dkBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoSame with Denmark = Danmark I know. It’s a shocking difference. We call you guys Holland for some reason, though and every non-european I’ve ever met keeps thinking we are the same country. I was asked to say something in Dutch once and just looked blankly at the person.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoBut the Americans seem to think you are Duits.
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Same with Denmark = Danmark
I know. It’s a shocking difference. We call you guys Holland for some reason, though and every non-european I’ve ever met keeps thinking we are the same country. I was asked to say something in Dutch once and just looked blankly at the person.
But the Americans seem to think you are Duits.