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The Dutch

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  • #202
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    From my limited experience I found Dutch people to be very bright, cheerful, funny and attractive.

    More personable than the Paris and Berlin people


  • #203
    dd972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭dd972


    14 pages on The Dutch, impressive, let's start a Traveller thread :p


  • #204
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Why is Holland frequently used and accepted worldwide as the country's name? I understand that Holland itself is only a province of the Netherlands. What do the Dutch themselves call their country?

    Why is Ireland called Ireland when people are referring to the Republic of Ireland.

    What is a British person when the British Isles include Ireland but most people are not British on the Island of Ireland.

    Explained it to a lad once,
    British Isles - the Land Mass
    Republic of Ireland - Ireland
    Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland
    Britain/British - Could be anything, Islands, the big island over on the right, a persons national identity.
    Great Britain - Generally the big Island (England,Scotland, Wales)
    United Kingdom - Great Britain including Ireland.

    You could say our setup is even harder to understand.

    However saying that, the Dutch say 'Holland' usually because its Internationally recognised, the further South you go they are more likely to say 'Nederland', plus its shorter and foreigners would have a tough time pronouncing Nederland properly so it's kind of stuck from tourism and immigrants.

    The strangest border/country setup I've seen anywhere is in the Netherlands though.

    http://goo.gl/maps/YF7OY

    Have a beer in the Netherlands and go the the toilet in Belgium.


  • #205
    frank reynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 404 ✭✭frank reynolds


    i go to holland (not just amsterdam) quite a bit, and in general, they are for the most-part, friendly, happy and tall. they LOVE being loud when they are drinking, they are big drinkers, but not as much as the irish, or their neighbours in germany.
    religion-wise, i think it's mostly lutheran protestants and now muslim immigrants in the country.

    very chilled out people, open minded and friendly. basically, the opposite to the irish.


  • #206
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    They're like most conglomerations containing millions of people insofar as I don;t actually know until I meet them one by one.


  • #207
    sjaakie
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭sjaakie


    frank reynolds wrote: »
    i go to holland (not just amsterdam) quite a bit, and in general, they are for the most-part, friendly, happy and tall. they LOVE being loud when they are drinking, they are big drinkers, but not as much as the irish, or their neighbours in germany.
    religion-wise, i think it's mostly lutheran protestants and now muslim immigrants in the country.

    very chilled out people, open minded and friendly. basically, the opposite to the irish.

    is this a joke?


  • #208
    shane9689
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭shane9689


    Spoonman75 wrote: »
    I've never met a Dutch person I didn't like. Germans on the other hand.....
    I've had experiences I'd rather forget. It was with one German person. I wouldn't tar all German people with the same brush, but when I hear a German accent, I can't help but be reminded by that one person. I cringe inside.

    Goebbels?


  • #209
    Greentopia
    Registered Users Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    keithclancy wrote: »
    The splitting the bill thing ... wtf is wrong with that :) I'd only find it strange if someone starts counting out how much they owe to cents.

    I always split the bill and I'm Irish, as do my friends. This is supposed to be a Dutch thing? :confused: edit-unless you were referring to the meaning of 'going Dutch' of course :)
    keithclancy wrote: »
    you cannot drink in a public place, although this depends on where you are, where we live for example you can go to the park with some beers and a BBQ, if you did the same in the Hague the Cops are there in 10 minutes handing out fines.

    Good! wish the Gardai actually enforced the laws here against drinking in public, then many of our towns and city centres wouldn't be no go zones for women like me wanting to walk through them alone in the evenings and weekends unaccosted by drunken morons and having to avoid treading on puke and piss. :mad:
    keithclancy wrote: »
    I've seen them in the Hague handing out fines to kids outside a school for not having lights on their Bicycles.

    And why not? it teaches them to be responsible road users from an early age. Cycling is a popular and utilitarian transport method there with up to 33% modal transport share in some cities, 27% nationally. They take cycling seriously and with so many people sharing the (excellent) segregated cycle paths and cycle highways it makes sense to make it as safe as possible for all cyclists, as well as other road users.

    keithclancy wrote: »
    Explained it to a lad once,
    British Isles - the Land Mass
    Republic of Ireland - Ireland
    Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland
    Britain/British - Could be anything, Islands, the big island over on the right, a persons national identity.
    Great Britain - Generally the big Island (England,Scotland, Wales)
    United Kingdom - Great Britain including Ireland.

    By your definition that means the United Kingdom is Great Britain and the Republic :pac:

    I'm sure you meant Great Britain and Northern Ireland ;)


  • #210
    Greentopia
    Registered Users Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    frank reynolds wrote: »
    i go to holland (not just amsterdam) quite a bit, and in general, they are for the most-part, friendly, happy and tall. they LOVE being loud when they are drinking, they are big drinkers, but not as much as the irish, or their neighbours in germany.
    religion-wise, i think it's mostly lutheran protestants and now muslim immigrants in the country.

    Calvinists, not Lutherans. If you go there a lot how could you confuse the two? And the Muslim community only accounts for a little under 6% of the population.
    frank reynolds wrote: »
    very chilled out people, open minded and friendly. basically, the opposite to the irish.

    Those are descriptors I would like to think my friends and my Mum would use about me-an easy going, friendly sort and very open minded. Obviously they must all be mistaken as it states Irish as my nationality on my birth cert. and passport. :rolleyes:


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  • #211
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Give me a German anyday.


  • #212
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Overall I like the Dutch , sure I have Dutch nephews and nieces who are fine people and I love to visit as much as possible but I spent enough time there to know that they have there fair share of dodgy characters who would think nothing of knocking shyte out of anybody who crossed their paths and the police are always fishing body's out of the canals to .


  • #213
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    I guess just about everybody here has familiarity with the Netherlands and the Dutch. Can anybody solve a riddle for me? From one end of Russia to the other there is almost no difference in the Russian language. Yet in Holland, a tiny flat country with excellent communications there are huge dialect differences in the Dutch language.


  • #214
    Laneyh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭Laneyh


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    What do people here think of the Dutch?
    I personally like them but prefer Germans, that's just my preference.
    I'd like to find out about the Dutch though. We all know about Amsterdam and dykes but I'd like to get a little more than that.
    What do people think of the people themselves. They are very tall, I know that much.
    Are they big in to sports? I know they really enjoy ice skating.
    What about religion though, are they big in to it, I imagine not.
    Is there a somewhat seedy element and deviancy to them?
    Would they be considered a friendly nation? I know there's a bit of a racism issue there, somewhat due to Moroccan immigrants.
    I'd love to hear from real Dutch people or people who know some or even regularly visit the country.
    I'd like to get as much information as possible without really focusing on Amsterdam.


    Get in touch with the Dutch


  • #215
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,183 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    I think I can remember when I first liked the Dutch.
    Holland beat the Germans in Euro 88 on German soil and Ronald Koeman celebrated in front of the Dutch fans by wiping his arse with a German shirt.


  • #216
    boomerang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭boomerang


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Not realy, the Irish built what was the largest hydroelectric plant in the world at one stage

    We're not entirely useless though some like to think so

    Ahhhh, but that was actually engineered by the Germans! :D


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  • #217
    Joe prim
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Joe prim


    All i know is that their treats aren't treats, their courage comes out of a bottle and their caps don't go on your head , but they're a great bunch of lads.


  • #218
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    keithclancy wrote: »
    Why is Ireland called Ireland when people are referring to the Republic of Ireland.

    What is a British person when the British Isles include Ireland but most people are not British on the Island of Ireland.

    Explained it to a lad once,
    British Isles - the Land Mass
    Republic of Ireland - Ireland
    Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland
    Britain/British - Could be anything, Islands, the big island over on the right, a persons national identity.
    Great Britain - Generally the big Island (England,Scotland, Wales)
    United Kingdom - Great Britain including Ireland.

    You could say our setup is even harder to understand.

    However saying that, the Dutch say 'Holland' usually because its Internationally recognised, the further South you go they are more likely to say 'Nederland', plus its shorter and foreigners would have a tough time pronouncing Nederland properly so it's kind of stuck from tourism and immigrants.

    The strangest border/country setup I've seen anywhere is in the Netherlands though.

    http://goo.gl/maps/YF7OY

    Have a beer in the Netherlands and go the the toilet in Belgium.

    There's no such country as the Republic of Ireland. It's Ireland. The republic is merely a description of the country. That's according to the constitution.

    So Uefa and FIFA have it wrong when they call us the Republic.

    PS the UK is Great Britain and NORTHERN Ireland. Not Ireland.


  • #219
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    in my experience they are sound, Ive met a good few never been to netherlands though, but the things you are asking you are only going to find out when you live there for sometime. anything anyone says about something ANYTHING is biast thats just a fact, if you want the true picture you go there and live simple as. I hate generalisations.....in general :(


  • #220
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    feargale wrote: »
    I guess just about everybody here has familiarity with the Netherlands and the Dutch. Can anybody solve a riddle for me? From one end of Russia to the other there is almost no difference in the Russian language. Yet in Holland, a tiny flat country with excellent communications there are huge dialect differences in the Dutch language.

    because holland is not a country it is part of the netherlands which is in many ways like a mini continent of europe.


  • #221
    rozeboosje
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭rozeboosje


    "mini contintent"

    Very mini indeed, but yeah. Holland even sports a tiny little Bible Belt. XD


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  • #222
    rozeboosje
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭rozeboosje


    Had a look at Baarle Nassau there. I knew it was an enclave of Belgium inside the bulk of the Netherlands, but I didn't know it got even more absurd as you zoom in. I just spotted that there are enclaves of the Netherlands inside the Belgian enclave.... This is like Inception. LOL


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