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OT: I'm not really sure what this is, but it's awesome

If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I like almost everything about the Dutch. They absolutely need to get rid of all of that orange however.
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Amsterdam is special in the spring/summer....tall beautiful blonde ladies wearing skirts & heels....riding a bicycle
 
dvegas said:
If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
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Because the country is called The Netherlands. So they'd be "Nethers". By the way, I like the orange and blue. They stand out.

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Why Do We Call People From The Netherlands ‘Dutch’?

Germany has Germans, France has the French and the Netherlands...has Dutch? Here's how the Netherlands got its various names.
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