chunky Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 23 minutes ago, iris123 said: I think the worst ones i saw were where the answer was actualy in the question....something like which country does the Queen of Denmark reign over. And it left the person baffled Yep, sounds about right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 2 hours ago, iris123 said: Thought you meant they were confused with the Netherlands and Holland I have seen some stuff on Instagram where some guy asks random people geography questions in what could be Times square. And i think the only people who got something right were tourists I've always felt it odd that the Netherlands national football team are known as Holland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I've always felt it odd that the Netherlands national football team are known as Holland? It is a strange one, but officially, it is the Netherlands. I think the Dutch may just not be as strict about it, knowing that foreigners are easily confused! "Holland" is more regarded as an informal name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 43 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I've always felt it odd that the Netherlands national football team are known as Holland? They have had a rebranding. I think Turkey are trying to do something similar, as they don't want to be associated with the bird https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/04/holland-the-netherlands-dutch-government-rebrand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/24/2023 at 1:17 PM, chunky said: Oh, I get it! As I said, uneducated westerners would often be unaware of the differences (and don't even get me started on the American confusion regarding the Netherlands and Denmark), and of course, even dear old Dave Lanning would refer to them as "Russkies". American confusion regarding the Netherlands and Denmark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Split said: American confusion regarding the Netherlands and Denmark? Yes. See one of my previous comments. Americans think that the Dutch come from Denmark. Google it, and you'll see what I mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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