Holland, Netherlands and Deutchland, I am confused

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Posted by diffusion on Oct-26-2003 12:26:

Holland, Netherlands and Deutchland, I am confused

I am confused, someone please elaborate

And this language, sounds like a mix between German, French and a hint of English. What's that? (yes, I finished high-school but still I didn't catch this)

Posted by klingklang77 on Oct-26-2003 12:36:

? i dont get it?

Posted by Blik on Oct-26-2003 12:46:

Holland, The Netherlands have a language called Dutch

Germany, Deutschland have a language called German

Posted by TranceGiant on Oct-26-2003 12:47:

Flemish?

Posted by Blik on Oct-26-2003 13:13:

or do you mean Belgium, they talk 3 languages

Dutch (or Flemish)
French
German

Posted by blazed it on Oct-26-2003 16:38:

holland = the netherlands = weed, heinekens, ID&T radio(among other things)

deutchland = germany = home of the oktoberfest(munich) and the love parade (berlin) (among other things)

Posted by moncster on Oct-26-2003 16:55:

Deutschland = Germany
Dutch (pertaining to Holland) = Mispronounciation/error at some point in hitory with Deutsch
iirc

Posted by TOR on Oct-26-2003 18:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Blik
Flemish

that doesn't really exist. we speak dutch as well, albeit with an accent that changes every 10 miles..

Posted by Echo of Silence on Oct-26-2003 22:28:

When people here (USA) ask me where I am from...

obviously, I say Denmark.

I think Denmark doesn't exist in the American geog courses. You would not believe how many times I hear remarks like this:

"hey, I heard you're from Holland."

"hey, I heard you're Dutch."

"Ask the Dutch girl."

Posted by NYCTrancefan on Oct-26-2003 23:01:

Holland - old provincial region of what is today's Netherlands and the name became stuck with it in the English language.

Netherlands - the official name of the nation.

Deutschland - German name for Germany.

Dutch or Netherlandic as a language is a confligration of German and English, maybe some Frisian with very different pronounciations from English and also very gluttoral in speech. A dutch G sounds nothing like G in English.

Hope this helps you man, I know all this as I speak English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. So this debunks the Euro myth that all Americans can't speak other languages.

Posted by extulas on Oct-26-2003 23:56:

Dutch does sound like German in ways, But all languages have ties to each other.