What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Vojera · 17-07-2014 10:42AM

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

I've found that as well. Did they say "Holland" when speaking English, but Nederland when speaking Dutch?

I always thought they were doing it as a concession to English speakers, who tend to say Holland - they'll explain that "Holland" is not the same as The Netherlands, but once they've made their point they're happy to go along with "Holland".

That could it it, yeah. I always thought it was funny because some Irish people make such a big deal out of saying "It's The Netherlands, not Holland, you pleb!" but Dutch people themselves are (characteristically) laid back about the whole thing :P

everlast75 · 17-07-2014 01:44PM

That the term bucket list comes from things you want to do before you kick the bucket (that's the only one - I swear!)

My other half only realised recently that banoffee was banana and toffee combined.

17-07-2014 01:46PM

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

I've found that as well. Did they say "Holland" when speaking English, but Nederland when speaking Dutch?

I always thought they were doing it as a concession to English speakers, who tend to say Holland - they'll explain that "Holland" is not the same as The Netherlands, but once they've made their point they're happy to go along with "Holland".

"Hoop Holland Hoop" or whatever the cheer is. I was in an area that isn't in "Holland" and they didn't give two ****s, chants involved "Holland", bunting had "Holland" on it, they didn't wince when someone said "Holland", so yeah, I'll generally stick with "Holland".

miss no stars · 17-07-2014 01:47PM

Emmacash wrote: »

What the Hell? Eric Clapton is English??!!

I always thought Tom Jones was a black american singer

Allyall · 17-07-2014 01:53PM

Emmacash wrote: »

What the Hell? Eric Clapton is English??!!

miss no stars wrote: »

I always thought Tom Jones was a black american singer

For years I thought Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler were American.. I was shocked to the point of boring my friends when I found out they were British/He is Scottish.. :eek:

Lingua Franca · 17-07-2014 02:05PM

Deleted User wrote: »

"Hoop Holland Hoop" or whatever the cheer is. I was in an area that isn't in "Holland" and they didn't give two ****s, chants involved "Holland", bunting had "Holland" on it, they didn't wince when someone said "Holland", so yeah, I'll generally stick with "Holland".

I live in the Netherlands Holland and call it the Netherlands now out of habit. Tell you what, I'd rather have people say Holland than Amsterdam.

"I heard you were moving to Amsterdam!" "No, there are other cities there, you know"
"Oh, my cousin here lives in Amsterdam, don't you?" "Uh... no."
"I can't wait to come and visit you in Amsterdam!" "Good luck with that."

I got an email today with regards to an old insurance claim and it said "We have been advised that you have now moved to Amsterdam..."

So yeah, the Netherlands/Holland being interchangeable is not that annoying compared to people thinking this country is a city state.

17-07-2014 02:25PM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

I live in the Netherlands Holland and call it the Netherlands now out of habit. Tell you what, I'd rather have people say Holland than Amsterdam.

"I heard you were moving to Amsterdam!" "No, there are other cities there, you know"
"Oh, my cousin here lives in Amsterdam, don't you?" "Uh... no."
"I can't wait to come and visit you in Amsterdam!" "Good luck with that."

I got an email today with regards to an old insurance claim and it said "We have been advised that you have now moved to Amsterdam..."

So yeah, the Netherlands/Holland being interchangeable is not that annoying compared to people thinking this country is a city state.

That seems really odd to me, literally never came across it. Actually until last night there was an episode of The Cleveland Show on and they used Amsterdam in a skit about how the show is different in different countries. Thought I assumed that was just an American thing. :P

Philo Beddoe · 17-07-2014 03:25PM

Vojera wrote: »

I've lived with a few Dutch people and every one of them said "Holland" rather than "The Netherlands". I asked them why, because, like yourself, I was always under the impression that Dutch people didn't like it when you said "Holland" and the general response was "Eh, it's shorter". They really didn't seem to care.

I wonder is it just the people from the Holland part of the Netherlands who think like that. After all, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague are there, so that's a good proportion of the population. Kind of like how we call Americans 'Yanks', but Americans from the Southern states take great exception to that.

Joe prim · 17-07-2014 03:39PM

franer1970 wrote: »

You won't actually die if you eat something that's a bit past its sell-by date.

Careful now! A neighbour of mine ate some rat poison that was a bit past its sell-by date, and he actually died, despite your helpful tip, so there!

Vojera · 17-07-2014 03:41PM

Philo Beddoe wrote: »

I wonder is it just the people from the Holland part of the Netherlands who think like that. After all, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague are there, so that's a good proportion of the population. Kind of like how we call Americans 'Yanks', but Americans from the Southern states take great exception to that.

My Dutch friends were all from Utrecht, Gelderland and Limburg provinces, so not their cases anyway.

quickbeam · 17-07-2014 08:07PM

miss no stars wrote: »

Only realised a couple of weeks ago that subject to license printed on tickets isn't there to warn "this event serves alcohol so only over 18s will be admitted" but rather "this event may not go ahead because we don't actually have permission for it yet".

Yeah, I only figured out the true meaning of that myself recently too (I wonder why!!) Similar to yours, I always thought that it meant that they were waiting for the approval to sell alcohol at the gig to come through so there was a possibility of alcohol not being available. I always shrugged because I never drink at concerts so thought it didn't bother me if they got the licence or not.

BuilderPlumber · 17-07-2014 11:37PM

Deleted User wrote: »

"Hoop Holland Hoop" or whatever the cheer is. I was in an area that isn't in "Holland" and they didn't give two ****s, chants involved "Holland", bunting had "Holland" on it, they didn't wince when someone said "Holland", so yeah, I'll generally stick with "Holland".

Some people even think the term Netherlands is actually a collective term for Holland/Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. But it is common countries have different names that are used interchangeably:

Holland = Netherlands = Nederland.
Persia = Iran.
Former: USSR was often referred to as just Russia informally.
Ceylon = Sri Lanka.
Siam = Thailand.
UK/Great Britain is often referred to as just England informally.
USA is always referred to as just America.
Congo = Zaire (often still used as Congo, Zaire to differentiate it from its neighbour also Congo).
Burma = Myanmar.

More controversially: Israel = Palestine.

cactuspaw · 18-07-2014 12:10AM

Just realised today that ,good Jesus, Damien Rice sings some awful depressing music.

newmug · 18-07-2014 12:24AM

cactuspaw wrote: »

Just realised today that ,good Jesus, Damien Rice sings some awful depressing music.

Damien Rice deserves to have a white, plastic bag with a hand-drawn picture of Uncle Ben drawn on it in black marker, stuffed upsidedown onto his head with the handles tied around his neck, and have microwaves thrown at him until he surrenders this whole music thing and fades back into oblivion, maybe taking up a job as a morgue janitor in some run-down regional hospital.

Eeden · 18-07-2014 12:26AM

newmug wrote: »

Damien Rice deserves to have a white, plastic bag with a hand-drawn picture of Uncle Ben drawn on it in black marker, stuffed upsidedown onto his head with the handles tied around his neck, and have microwaves thrown at him until he surrenders this whole music thing and fades back into oblivion, maybe taking up a job as a morgue janitor in some run-down regional hospital.

Jeez, don't hold back, anyways...!

Montgolfier · 18-07-2014 12:27AM

We go to school to learn to be drones, not creators.

e_e · 18-07-2014 11:50AM

That UTV stands for Ulster TV.

Vojera · 18-07-2014 12:07PM

e_e wrote: »

That UTV stands for Ulster TV.

So they say, but what they mean is "NI TV". They never told us the weather in Donegal

OldNotWIse · 18-07-2014 12:07PM

Twinkle Twinkle and the ABC songs have the same tune.

Lingua Franca · 18-07-2014 12:08PM

"Chance of showers" - Donegal weather

rubadub · 18-07-2014 12:09PM

miss no stars wrote: »

I always thought Tom Jones was a black american singer

I always thought Spencer Davis Group would be a big group of black lads, always pictured the lead singer to be a big black guy in his 40's or 50's like Muddy Waters or BB King -and certainly not a skinny white 18 year old kid from Birmingham UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxA3atHD2QM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gFF-z9OS8

Can't say its obvious though!

Pawwed Rig · 18-07-2014 12:11PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Twinkle Twinkle and the ABC songs have the same tune.

And ba ba blacksheep

Irish Halo · 18-07-2014 12:25PM

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Burma = Myanmar.

TBF pretty controversial too

Shane-KornSpace · 20-07-2014 11:27PM

This!!
That symbol on cosmetic products is how long the item is good for after being opened!
I've spot the symbol many times before but it never ever clicked until a few minutes ago! Mind blown.

czechlin · 21-07-2014 02:03PM

Shane-KornSpace wrote: »

This!!
That symbol on cosmetic products is how long the item is good for after being opened!
I've spot the symbol many times before but it never ever clicked until a few minutes ago! Mind blown.

:eek:

You learn something new every day!

maximoose · 21-07-2014 02:34PM

Shane-KornSpace wrote: »

This!!
That symbol on cosmetic products is how long the item is good for after being opened!
I've spot the symbol many times before but it never ever clicked until a few minutes ago! Mind blown.

I've spotted that stupid little symbol a number of times and tried to find out what it is to no avail, good man!

AshAdele · 21-07-2014 03:24PM

Shane-KornSpace wrote: »

This!!
That symbol on cosmetic products is how long the item is good for after being opened!
I've spot the symbol many times before but it never ever clicked until a few minutes ago! Mind blown.

:eek::eek::eek: never knew this

pickarooney · 21-07-2014 03:30PM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

"Chance of showers" - Donegal weather

'cause they're a shower of chancers? :pac:

pickarooney · 21-07-2014 03:31PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

And ba ba blacksheep

NOT true.

Pawwed Rig · 21-07-2014 03:38PM

pickarooney wrote: »

NOT true.

Is too

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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