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RE: Wend on my bicycle and ended up in Dutchland!
Now I'm totally confused i'm from the UK and I've always known Holland as Netherland and Germany being Deutschland. I wonder why in the UK we are never taught this .Very interesting fact to know thanks for sharing.
It is my pleasure.
That is why I did my best to share it with a wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
It is indeed coming from a mistake in language understanding that lived on for centuries. And still is accepted in that manner.
Nederland is the name of the country I live in. And Germany is indeed known as Deutschland.
When I got to Dutchland on my bike, I had this thought how it would be a fun way to explaint about the misunderstanding that got to live its own life throughout history. Even to being tought the wrong way in school. And in the media, the BBC most of the time speaks about 'The Dutch', when they could say: "The Nederish".
But sometimes even wrong things get passed on through history as if right. This one not even being really bad, but made some good material for a post.
Thanks very much for pointing that out,I find it very strange that a simple mistake in translation hundreds of years ago has become responsible for this confusion and even stranger that very few people know this.I love to learn about things like that,very interesting.
It is very strange indeed, especially for this one as it is a mistake on a global scale.
A fun fact, to tell a diner tale: "Did you know the word Dutch actually means Deutsch as in German..."
Glad to know you enjoyed it.