heywoodu 15,141 Posted November 14, 2020 Author #1261 Share Posted November 14, 2020 39 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Actually we call countries by almost same name as their English ones. Except that if north east west end south is there it becomes uttar, poorv, pashchim and dakshin respectively and dweep for islands. Apart from this : USA: Sanyukt Rajya Amrica UAE : Sanyukt Arab Ameerat China : Cheen Russia : Roose Netherlands : Holland ( nowadays Netherland itself ) UK/GBR : Britian Calling the Netherlands Holland? Ouch, this hurts my non-Holland heart mrv86, Olympian1010 and Griff88 3 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,952 Posted November 14, 2020 #1262 Share Posted November 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Calling the Netherlands Holland? Ouch, this hurts my non-Holland heart Well, very few countries are willing to change that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 14, 2020 #1263 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Wait, I thought Holland was hosting this? rybak, kungshamra71, hckošice and 1 other 3 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,141 Posted November 14, 2020 Author #1264 Share Posted November 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Griff88 said: Well, very few countries are willing to change that And those that do are greatly respected . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,141 Posted November 14, 2020 Author #1265 Share Posted November 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, dcro said: Wait, I thought Holland was hosting this? You are playing with fire here... hckošice 1 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnl 691 Posted November 14, 2020 #1266 Share Posted November 14, 2020 31 minutes ago, heywoodu said: 08:00, the sun rises on the Veluwe...rise and shine people, one hour to go! mrv86, hckošice and heywoodu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 949 Posted November 14, 2020 #1267 Share Posted November 14, 2020 33 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Veluwe I see the name a few times a day for quite some time here, but still I catch myself all the time on wondering how horny the Dutch nation is that they called their forest after the female parts of body. hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,326 Posted November 14, 2020 #1268 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Well, at least the Dutch have their preferred version in English. Unlike some other countries, forever stuck with the hungry joke and the confusion with the Huns. dcro, Griff88, mrv86 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,141 Posted November 14, 2020 Author #1269 Share Posted November 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Vojthas said: I see the name a few times a day for quite some time here, but still I catch myself all the time on wondering how horny the Dutch nation is that they called their forest after the female parts of body. That is definitely not called Veluwe here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 949 Posted November 14, 2020 #1270 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just now, Vektor said: Well, at least the Dutch have their preferred version in English. Unlike some other countries, forever stuck with the hungry joke and the confusion with the Huns. What do you know about confusing Holland if you're not from Poland? Yes, it's still "Holandia" here too (yet in a diplomatic, official situations, "Królestwo Niderlandów", as it was also before). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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