Re: OT: VAX/VMS Was:Re: Democrats destroying America ...

In article <paul.sture.nospam-930AFA.17084817042007@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Paul Sture <paul.sture.nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
In article <1176793015.229263.322650@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David B Sneddon <dbsneddon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Apr 17, 6:45 am, Dirk Munk <m...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Actually, you can visit both. North and South Holland are two of the
twelve provinces of the Netherlands. Some 400 years ago The Netherlands
were a kind of federation, and Holland in itself was a kind of naval
superpower. Ever since that time The Netherlands is often called Holland.

Well bugger me! You learn something everyday.
I had always assumed they were the same thing.


Another thing I learned when I was working on VAX/VMS in The Netherlands
was that folks don't like being called Dutch. Netherlanders works better.

That would probably be because "Dutch" is really just a coruption
of the term "Deutsch" and they are not Germans. :-) I live in an
area with a lot of what are historically called "The Pennsylvania
Dutch". They are, in fact, German and have nothing to do with
Nederland.


met vriendelijke groeten

Tot ziens.

bill

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