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12/29/2019 at 04:49 • Filed to: None
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"Svend" (svend)
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Well you can scratch one of those off.
The government of the Netherlands no longer wishes to be known as Holland,
A common misnomer is Holland and the Netherlands are the same thing (throughout history the same has been said of England and Great Britain and the United Kingdom). Holland refers to two provinces, North Holland and South Holland. But the Netherlands is the name for all 12 provinces.
Well anyway. The Netherands no longer wishes to be know as Holland and from 2020 they will market themselves as the Ne therl ands
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The Dutch authorities have decided to rebrand their country’s international image, with a switch from calling it ‘Holland’ to ‘The Netherlands’.
Ministries and sporting and cultural institutions, along with the country’s major cities, came up with a new strategy that aims to be “ !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ”, according to the Adformatie marketing magazine.
The details will be published later in the year, but marketing professionals briefed on the change say the country will sell itself as “co-creating pioneering solutions to global challenges”.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , either to overcome cliches, present a more positive image, or simply raise awareness.
The current brand name ‘Holland’, illustrated with an orange tulip, will change ahead of two key events next year - the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which will be hosted at the Dutch city of Rotterdam in May, the Dutch News site reports.
The country will switch to using ‘The Netherlands’ in its official branding, including on its international tourism site - which is called !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for the time being. Orange will remain the Netherlands’ official colour - although it isn’t clear whether the tulip will survive, says Dutch News.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 05:33 |
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fair enough too
Nibby
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 05:37 |
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It’s now real Twingo hours
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 05:38 |
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Welp that’ll last till the next time we have a footie team that doesn’t suck
Hup Holland!
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Svend
> Nibby
12/29/2019 at 07:21 |
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Nibby
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 07:24 |
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Look at. Smile. Replace Skoda with one
Cé hé sin
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 08:29 |
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I’m surprised the Netherlands ever branded itself as Holland in marketing. Can’t recall ever seeing it.
PS: Nederland, rather than Der Nederlands.
VincentMalamute-Kim
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 11:42 |
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Thanks for that tidbit of info. I appear to be more of an idiot than I thought because I then had to google the difference between Netherlands and Denmark. I assume there’s probably places in the US that Europeans confuse.
So if the people in Denmark are Danes and the Dutch, what are people in the Netherlands?
DasWauto
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 12:39 |
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I’m Dutch, I’m still gonna call it Holland.
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Svend
> VincentMalamute-Kim
12/29/2019 at 15:28 |
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The people in the Netherlands are Dutch.
The people in the Hollands are Hollanders, while the people of the Netherlands are Dutch aka Nederlanders.
Nom De Plume
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/29/2019 at 15:36 |
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This seems as good a place as any to request as good a post as you can manage on the expected Hague riots on NYE/NYD. Please, this is quite an interesting tradition being cancelled.
I too will use the terms interchangeably.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Nom De Plume
12/29/2019 at 15:41 |
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Its a tradition that got started to stop the yearly Nye riots.... So yeah...I have a feeling things will get out of hand over there
How bad is anyone's guess
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 17:51 |
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Thanks, I’m more ignorant than I knew :(
We even have a city of
Nederland here
in Colorado.
ranwhenparked
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 18:28 |
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Understandable. I, for one, get kind of upset whenever anyone uses “South Dakota” or just “Dakota” when they’re trying to refer to the whole United States.
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Svend
> VincentMalamute-Kim
12/29/2019 at 19:32 |
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It’s not ignorant at all.
The common one I hear from Americans is the confusion between, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Great Britain, United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of nations, what countries Her Majesty is the queen of, which are republics, etc... it can be confusing if you weren't brought with it.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> Svend
12/29/2019 at 20:18 |
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I guess I’m not that bad. I know the answers to the common confusion you cite. Brexit has kept the UK in the news so much over here. Although that Ireland / Northern Ireland thing has a complicated history.