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Originally Posted by DutchTeenCash
the official name is The Netherlands
Holland is just a part of it and a province, its confusing since for instance all export products say Made In Holland while theyre made in the Netherlands and not even in the Holland Part.
I think we made a mess and noone gets it anymore now.
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Exactly. So what is so wrong with the map? Slightly confusing maybe but not at the level of an insult. You could make the words Netherlands larger or you could move it to the left over the Holland provinces. But calling people "idiots" or saying "they don't have a clue" for something that is notoriously confusing anyway?
There was a debate on GFY in about 2003 over what "Holland" even was and even some Dutch people had it wrong. I'll even bet some of the souvenir cups at Schiphol have a similar map ;-)