Holland vs the Netherlands

Yes, even worse, England is a larger part of the UK then Holland is of the Netherlands.

Worse. Atleast England is one of the four countries that is UK but N & S Holland are only two provinces out of 12 there are, important provinces though they might be.

@@themblue8236 I mean kinda true since the region called Holland used to be it's own county under the burgundian rule. Other names for the Netherlands throughout history include: the United Provinces/Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, Dutch Republic, Batavian Republic(Puppet of France), Kingdom of Holland(Napoleon era his brother ruled the Kingdom.), the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The crown was made a hereditary office of the House of Orange-Nassau under the ruler William I. After which Belgium and Luxemburg later broke away and now it's known and recognized as the Kingdom of The Netherlands.

@@dnw009 Not really though. It was a country located at about the place that now is occupied by noord and zuid Holland (and taking a bit more room towards the north and south especially). Friesland however is an even older country, and so was the duchy of Brabant, (and Vlaandren, but those left because.. why?) but the countries were united into one at the founding of "de verenigde Nederlanden" (take note of the plural "landen"). The country has been renamed a few times, but in its entirety it was never formally named Holland.

no, like london

Subtitles help. :-)

I thought he was going to mention how in many romance language-speaking countries, like Spain for example, Holanda and Países Bajos (Netherlands) can be used interchangeably and they both mean the country.

That's how the Spanish do it...

Play at 0.75 speed.

Thank

Don't Football teams from your island also take part in the french national cup?

To confuse more there is an island in Bangladesh named Saint Martin's island.

Are you allowed to freely cross the border to the Dutch part of Saint Martin? (I mean without customs and passport stuff)

@@Menno_R I looked on the map and I don't see any customs :))

MAAR ALLE IK BEN GEKILD DOOR EEN KERSTBOOM

@@Vuurwerk_0493 That isn't even propper dutch.

@@voidbite6201 Het is een fortnite meme.

It has a historic reason. Dutch languages/dialects used to be called Diets. And I believe there wasn't as much a distinction between Duits and Diets, because people mostly spoke in their own regional dialects anyway. But I only knew of the existance of "Diets". Wikipedia does have a page on it.

@@Vuurwerk_0493 translated; but all i was killed by a crismas tree

I love hearing foreigners pronounce Dutch words. Ever heard an American try to say pannenkoek? It's hilarious.

Haha pennencook😂😂

@@SkyP9812 wait, you’re saying there’s a high possibility I’ve been saying pannenkoek wrong? Also why can it be spelt as pannekoek?

Idon’t know, how what english word looks like “koek” when u pronounce it?

@@SkyP9812 How do you pronounce it? (I'm not American)

Germany comes from "germani", which means 'the people' in Latin. In German, Germany is called "Deutschland". 'Dutch' and 'Deutsch' both come from the Proto-Germanic word for 'the people'.

The Dutch, being the closest Germanic people to England, called them Dutch instead of the Germans

It’s USA= Americans Why you Americans do not understand america is a CONTINENT

Myanmar -> Burmese

@@jan_h Germani doesn't mean "the people" in Latin. The etymology is rather uncertain. Although the Proto-Germanic word does give the source for "Dutch" and such, it's worth noting the tribal aspect of the word *þiudiskaz, as they used it in reference to themselves (it can be translated as "of the tribe").

Hanging there

gwn doen alsof

doen we allemaal

I don't understand my neighbouring country, wat nou?

+Der Schweigefuchs zelfmoord nee grapje niet doen😊

I'm not impressed by the way you spell "impressed"

Fleur Rose If I remember correctly he is Dutch

@@roger7934 there is definitely a foreign, most likely American, twang to his dutch. It has the same sound when they speak dutch on friends

Ikr?

KREUNINDJUN

@Gerrie van Boven gerrie van achteren

Behalve curakao 😂

It’s kinda the shit hole of the Netherlands we put our nuclear trash there.

nietLars nah, its the beach of The Netherlands

FloorDM shithole

@@nietlars5563 Under the rivers everything gets worse. Zeeland gets the Nuclear stuff, Noord-Brabant gets the toxic stuff and Limburg gets Limburgers

Zeeland is great for vacation

Rukey Burg ik ook (me too)

Dan kun je je schoolgeld terugvorderen, heb toch niets aan gehad

ZZtop 1700 ik nooit topografie gehad, die krijg je niet op Curaçaose basisschool

Ik oot

niet de enige nederlander hier

Your country is called Dutchland.

@@TheBooban I knew since I saw this video

voodoodummie because only Europeans know how to Empire? (looking at Japan, USA, Persia and the Mongols)

Ireland would feel pretty left out.

Wouter Boender USA and empire... lol.

voodoodummie and that history teachers say when someone asks why, they say because empire

Just as the whole MENA region should adopt "because Muslim imperialism" slogan.

Sometimes even to the Dutch 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

Yep

Same

@@LJBP2319 dat ook

So you live on texel or vlieland or terschelling or ameland or schiermonnikook I am dutch so i know all the names of the Waddeneilanden

*And I can understand why many Dutch people dont like us Germans. Many are presumptuous and automatically assume that Dutch people are speaking German. Many are almost outraged when they can't.

I listened to that thrice

I just had the same reaction and I had already read your comment.

That’s the CGP Grey way; making people choke on their coffee and other things.

Idk why but I was thinking about moto moto

Why?

Hoe hij de namen van de provincies uitspreekt is geweldig om te horen.

+Thom De Bom Ja, lol XD

i know

I'm planning to move to one of your former colonies. Can you guess which one?

yo soy latino latinos al poder ok no ok si vendo tamales

Thanks for the tip!

lol

So true. But a great synopsis.

It’s not that hard to grasp

@@mozziezapper Oh wow we got Mr smartypants here. The man who knows everything and hates jokes.

well, that escalated quickly!

Good thing it doesn't happen every time this video is played. Or did Friesland sport a population of more than 10 million people before this video was released in 2012?

@@predwin1998 Friesland is an empty wasteland now

Hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts. Cheers from Groningen ;P

@@-Slinger- jij praat veel poep voor iemand met scheuren in z'n huis (Deze comment is gesponsord door de Niet-Groningen gang)

Except that the french call the Netherlands "Les Pays-Bas (the low lands)" so that doesn't make sense all of a sudden.

it's actually néerlandais in French and Países Bajos (i.e., Netherlands) in Spanish

😂

Would be true for any person except for a Nederlander. Netherlanders can do five things at the same time.

It's unwatchable PERIOD. Why the hell is he going so fast??

@@desertodavid It's totally watchable if you've background knowledge of geography and history.

You nailed it 👌

He frikandel broodje kopen

I knew they weren't hearts, but I didn't know they were lily pads! Maybe the flag designer should have made them green. I have never heard of a red lily pad.

@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions petals, not the pad

@@mbrusyda9437 That actually makes more sense! For some reason, I misread "petals" for "pads". Thanks, Muhammad!

Friesland is a area that reaches into Germany and Denmark along the coast, only a tiny part of it is in the Netherlands, it's called brookmerland. They have their own language and history. To make things more confusing, a part of north Holland is called west Friesland.

The word you were searching for is anglicize. 🇬🇧

@@NorthernSeaWitch I wasn't searching for a word, I was making a joke with it and got it wrong on purpose.

His mother is Dutch, that's why he speak Dutch too

As a Dutch person I agree

You probably mean "anglicise".

Haha I see what you did there!

Malcolm McLaren?

Red lily pads

And hearts are a metaphor for how women look from behind when they bend over. And given Dutch women, well...

Stephen Greydanus we do, actually. I have never met someone in Friesland who cant speak Dutch.

I like hearts better

@@Avenus112 i see sexism is alive and well. You should work on that

It is commonly known as Holland in the countries around the world. But if you were to take a closer look at the History, you might find out why others in this country dont like it when they are left out. They are basically denied. Yet they did contribute to the current situation in both the Netherlands as in Holland........... and frankly even in the world. But, again, one has to look at History. Not His Story. His Story is written by the victors. You can find it on wikipedia, discovery channel, national geographic, etc. But, that is only PART of what is called History. Remember: His Story is written by the victors and nobody has asked them if they told the truth.

Bunty Sonawane I mean... I live in Utrecht and I honestly couldn't care less whether people call the Netherlands "Holland". Looking at this comment section though, I feel like I'm the minority lol

You couldn't care less.......And there are many like you who don't care about History. You perhaps do care about His Story, since you don't want current lifestyle to get changed in any way shape or form. Or am i wrong?

bertjesklotepino I'm sorry that I don't expect everyone to know every detail of the world's history. Saying that I don't care about history would be wrong, just because this particular part of history doesn't interest me does not mean the more significant parts(in my eyes, at least) don't.

My friend Olivier............. People who live in a country that is invaded will defend themselves. Sometimes they wont win and so the invading force is the winner. Who writes the History of such a country? Is it the original habitants or is it those who invaded and won? I just ask this, because you again say something which shows you aint thinking before writing. First you said: You honestly couldn't care less whether people call the Netherlands Holland. Thereby you basically have admitted not knowing the difference, why there is one, how it came to be like that, etc. You might actually have offended people by saying something like that. Why? Well, take for instance the city i live in. It lost 2/3rd of the population thanks to starvation thanks to the person who people in "Holland" call the Father of our Fatherland. You know him under the name: Willem the Silent. And what do you call more significant parts of History? Btw, are we talking about His Story or History? Notice the different spelling pls. Those who win write His Story. Churchill said: His Story will be kind to me for i intend to write it. He did write His Story. But as Tolstoy said: History would be extraordinary if only it were true. Did the victors/winners tell you the truth? Have you asked them? I dont expect people to know about every detail, ofcourse not. BUT! When they dare say things like: "I honestly COULD NOT CARE LESS!!!!!!!! whether people call it this or that" You sir are old enough to vote. Im sorry, but normally one does expect people who are old enough to vote, and who may actually vote, to know some stuff about their REAL History. To make a Good Decision. But ofcourse nobody cares about anything of that anymore. So politicians can promise whatever they like, they will be put into power (not even voted for anymore, because voting has become an Illusion). And meanwhile everyone complains about the same things. Prices going up, etc etc. Yet nobody actually dares look at where it started. Not to say it all started over here in the Netherlands. Ofcourse not. But, we do have a painter coming from the city i live in who was the First to depict Hell in his paintings. You know him perhaps. Hieronymus Bosch. And his works like the Garden of Earthly Delights, or the Haywagon................. It is like he was a visionaire. Anyways, you are ofcourse free to "learn" whatever you want to learn......... or say whatever you want to say. The funny thing however is this: You may deny anything you want, or say stuff like that you could not care less about this part of History. You may however NOT do so in every Historical event. Think about that one........ In countries with freedom of speech you are allowed to say that you could not care less about all of it. Except one historical event which is protected by law.

Leo King Always loved this hahaha

Particularly so since it's a pun on "So nice they named it twice." Which is the official slogan of the town of KeriKeri, in the Northland of... ...New Zealand.

It is actually one of the island's unofficial slogans or tag lines. It's not uncommon to hear locals refer to it as such to tourists. But most do prefer "the friendly island" because it's less wordy.

Same bro

John Doe hahah true

John Doe It could be a star wars joke: -Hey why did that planet gone? -Becouse Empire!

Gamers Combat mmm mabey

John Doe pretty much every area had that because Empire slogan at one point in history it's just Europe is the more modern one if you could really use the word modern and those countries have survived all that time and not been conquered by others wait for it.... Because Empire LOL

Nee gast het is fc utrecht

well, some people make songs and we dont think about it.

Let the lion not stand in his little shirt…of zoiets?

Lol

**Nether-Realms**

@@TRJK the kingdom should be called netherrealm to avoid confusion between Netherland and Netherland. small steps, right.

Nah, they should be called Nether Biomes

The Netherlands got a nice update as well

+Breno Muniz That's what I was going to comment.

+Breno Muniz what's that "Portuguese" "tilde" doing on top of the second "a"? But you're right, people from and on the island even call (and write) it "Korsou". I have heard many ways of pronouncing the name of my island, but this was UNIQUE! Nobody told him, and he didnt ask anyone. Not very professional...

jan van der brugge The "tilde" represents nasalization, the correct pronunciation is something like "corasow"

+ breno muniz In Portuguese it is indeed the sign for nasalization "instead of the final n", like in "nacao", but it is neither written on the name of Curacao, nor is the ending "nasal". Its pronunciation is 'curasao" or, in Papiamentu, Kòrsou.

Breno Muniz In Portuguese it is indeed the sign for nasalization "instead of the final n", like in "nacao", but it is neither written on the name of Curacao, nor is the ending "nasal". Its pronunciation is 'curasao" or, in Papiamentu, Kòrsou.

Just go to Geography Now. Unless you get seigures. Then just go to Bulgaria's physical geography. :)

Belgium more often hasn't got a government than they have. ;;;)

Actually Belgium has three governments: The federal government, the Flanders government (for the northern Dutch speaking part) and the Walloon government (for the southern French speaking parts). It is usually the federal government that is the problematic one.

it has 5

If you also take into account the community governments then it actually has six: - The Federal government - The Flemish government - Government of the Walloon Region - Government of the French Community - Government of the Brussels-Capital Region - Government of the German-speaking Community But I thought I'd keep it to the big three to make it less confusing.

Ik koop ze voor €1,- bij de AH

@@user-mt4bk4ml7t bij vomar is het 99 cent :)

Het is een drie pak

@@user-mt4bk4ml7t ahahaha

10 cent bij de action

+lohphat And just some comments above said KOO-RAH-SAHW or KEW-RAH-SAHW. I do get confused.

+Krijn van Alten kue - raa - sauw :)

Sarah Connor It doesnt get any clearer I'm afraid when you add a forth option.

+lohphat it's really easy to pronounce!!! XD i'm from aruba (which is really close to Curaçao)

+Bobby Peterson Curaçao sounds almost like Heart in portuguese ( coração ).

Katie_pol goed verhaal, lekker kort. Doen we niks mee. I totally don’t understand why he should mention the Dutch East Indies? The Dutch East Indies doesn’t exist anymore, thus totally not relevant for this video.

This video is about the current situation, not about the past.

That was interesting. I enjoyed your narrative.

My family has the same history. Dutch people moving to Indonesia; establishing a family; WW2 (my great-grandfather died) & Japanese camps; they fled back to The Netherlands; and now my grandma (or Oma) can still speak bits and pieces of both Japanese & Indonesian (as well as Dutch, German and some English) and most of the family still lives here, though some people left for Canada. I think they're called internment camps though, since women and children aren't soldiers. The men were often POWs (at least my great-grandfather was). But yeah, just like some of the others, I agree that it isn't relevant for this story. The six Caribbean islands are still a part of our country, whereas Suriname & Indonesia aren't.

If only Indonesia's first president didn't like communists and stayed in the Dutch Commonwealth My father will stop complaining about hard to get visas to Europe

never knew. my parents explained these as hearts too but thanks for clarification

i live in overijssel so i didnt know

My Frisian ass was just about to say that 😭😭

@ManolisLoukopoulos how 💀

Didn't stop the current guy.

I don't think the current president understands his own country let alone the Netherlands

You would be a great president, at least you aknowlegde when you don't understand a thing. Better then what youhave now

And then there's your effectively 2 party system. We got 16.

@@StefanVeenstra Luckily Grey has a great video on this too on removing FPTP voting systems.

You are dutch not Netherlands

OMG you really didn't get it.

I am the 69th like

yes

No it refers to the situation after the dukes of Burgundy by marriage alliances united Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Vlaanderen, Henegouwen en Brabant in one state. This was in the end of the 14th century.

"The Netherlands" also seems like a pretty accurate translation,

Roodborst Kalf a bit late but also in the 15th

The Netherlands in English is a literal translation as well

"The kingdom of the lower lands"

really?

Yep, everyone except for the Frisians think it's hearts...makes you wonder who is actually right, doesn't it :P

I care. Upvoted.

Exactly! the hearts are only in the groningen province (Ommelanden, province without the city) flag! Frisians use Lilys.

Link of both flags, Ommelanden Flag= nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ommelanden_(Groningen) , Frisian Flag = commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frisian_flag.svg

Kuh- rah- sao I'd think of phonetically.

This is correct. The little accent under the second "c" makes it soft.

It's not that crazy if you know the history behind it. The national anthem is about William the Silent who was born in Germany and who served the king of Spain until he lead the revolt that eventually lead to the independence of the Netherlands.

Geeglio even better the national anthem is much longer

Duitsen bloed / Duytschen bloet: Duits is afgeleid van Diets, wat weer een afkorting is van Nederdiets. Het betekent Nederlands, en niet Duits, zoals vaak wordt gedacht.

niemand hier Dat is niet helemaal waar. Dat is een van de verklaringen, maar de andere is Willem van Nassau, zoals hij in het lied genoemd wordt, en Nassau ligt in... Duitsland.

En nu word het weer grappig dus, al die verklaringen ;)

No He didn't

Els Bosch name me a non-native who never learned the language who speaks our provinces and places perfectly.

+Els Bosch He wasn't perfectly correct, but he's much closer than any American I've heard try pronouncing Dutch words.

+Katyusha Pravda For being Dutch... IT'S HILARIOUS!!!

Dat deed ik de eerste keer ook

people of other countries wont understand sadly, but let me explain the efteling is the most popular atraction park in the netherlands located in north brabant. maybe there are multiple but idk

True

ahw...

@@thorvanheghe4023 i meant to say that north Brabant actually has the biggest attraction in the netherlands

@@yourlocalkoploper3887 As a Brabander I agree

*New Zealand

New JijBuis

Jo ga gewoon maar nederlands praten creatieve industrie op je mik gegooid, begrijp je dit? Op het oude pand staan de koekjes met melk en chocolade. Ik ga nu tot ziens.

New York, New Hampshire, New England And all the other places in the USA that have the same name/are named after places in the UK..

Few centuries later (assuming the stupid leaders are kicked and nukes are not launched) there would be new earth, new sun, new mars

Daan Hendrikx dude doe ff normaal

wat gebeurt hier?

I always called it one of the countries before the Maginot Line.

Black Zero: damn accurate!

Batnoodles thank you

Awel zulle.

@ Lisa M It is confusing yes, maar als je kijkt naar het verleden en hun geschiedenis weet je dat, Willem Van Oranje, heel wat heeft laten veroveren. Ha ja, nu moet ik nog denken aan het beruchte schip, Den Vliegenden Hollander. Prachtig verhaal en waarheid, valt best mee om eens te lezen. Hun verleden en cultuur is echt de moeite waard om er eens naar opzoek te gaan. Inspirerend, zeer rijk, vol weetjes en avontuur. Eigenlijk weten we veel te weinig van onze noorderburen, dat zou anders kunnen en zouden we begrijpen waarom ze zo anders zijn dan ons. Zo, ik wens je een fijn week-einde toe. Peace ✌️.

@@gunnarallgottsmann. De graven van Vlaanderen stichtten Vlaanderen, de de graven van Holland stichtten Holland. Ooit was Belgie en Nederland verenigd in een succesvolle confederatie, de Foederata, het was een Gouden Eeuw, waaraan een einde kwam door de invallen van de Franse Revolutionaire legers. In de 19de eeuw was Belgie en Nederland weerom verenigd, doch een katholieke elite in Brussel ging dwars liggen, het volk werd niets gevraagd, en in 1830 kwam de breuk. Zo heel anders is de bevolking niet, daar we allemaal afstammen van de Germanen, met Saksen, Friezen, en Kelten. Die vrijheidslievende volken hebben de Romeinen flink op hun donder gegeven.

Hi Lisa , I am from India , Is it possible to get a work visa from your country.. tell em atleast

yes because you know it better than this guy, he really doe not know what he talking about.

It's not the countries' fault, it's politics

This wasn't really the fault of the country just English language shennanigans(Like why are we called Dutch?)

to make matters worse, it is confirmed the the dutch language was just invented to prank the germans! As a german i can confirm, that dutch just suonds funny but is no real language. Ask any dutch person, they will confirm /i

I mean, it just kinda.. grew this way. ;u;

@@Chrome2105 To be fair the English were trading with the Dutch before they were independent. Since they were a part of the Holy Roman Empire (which was German) it's a valid mistake.

I see🤔

in Arabic too.

In Vietnamese as well. We called them Hà Lan (Hah land)

So too Chinese I think.

And in German, or "Deutch"

I am

Too long... how about rename it to the nickname Big Apple

As a New Yorker, I'd find it complicated to refer to people as New Amsterdamians? Plus, we know our Dutch roots, there are buildings and entire neighborhoods named after Peter Stuyvesant.

RUNNER X yaaaaaaas

a defiant skittle bruh

Thanks, this little joke made my day.

Hey guys look! A German with a sense of humor!

Stop right there.

Thanks.

Thats why you attacked us in 1945

sprekende not even remotely close

This comment hurts so much

No one cares, no one

Was a decent attempt but "Nederlanders sprekende Nederlands in Nederland" had such an american accent lmao

@@stevenhuckaby2902 ??