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Re: Netherlands verses Holland - Which is when?
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Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:43:57 GMT
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Hi  Sanjay,

Everyone is right they all use thee same grounds to tell you it. But Im to
blame I think because I use them all the time, Holland is more short then
the Netherlands and on the other hand I dont like the The in Netherlands.
An translation should be Netherlands instead of the Netherland.
International its short  NL, thats Netherland of Nederland as we call it
ourselves.
Greetings and just post the mail it comes where it has to be.
By the way you could see ont he mails to where it comes from.
Greetings Nico



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N. Hoogerbrug wrote in message <37EF668D.1FB43EE3@k...are.nl>... (...) I agree with that. I read somewhere, that in adresses you should just say 'Netherlands' instead of 'The Netherlands', just like with 'United States (of America)'. This is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)

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Are the terms Holland and "the Netherlands" used interchangably when describing the country? For instance which of the following is correct? (probably both are) "The Shell sets have been released in Holland" "The Shell sets have been released in the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)

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