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Post by 3 on Dec 4, 2017 20:32:34 GMT 7
In these modern times, why aren't Dutch people referred to as Holes or Nethers?
Now, what about the Dutch? There are three terms we need to define: Holland, the Netherlands, and Dutch. In Old English dutch simply meant “people or nation.” (This also explains why Germany is called Deutschland in German.) Over time, English-speaking people used the word Dutch to describe people from both the Netherlands and Germany. (At that point in time, in the early 1500s, the Netherlands and parts of Germany, along with Belgium and Luxembourg, were all part of the Holy Roman Empire.) Specifically the phrase “High Dutch” referred to people from the mountainous area of what is now southern Germany. “Low Dutch” referred to people from the flatlands in what is now the Netherlands. Within the Holy Roman Empire, the word “Netherlands” was used to describe people from the low-lying (nether) region (land). The term was so widely used that when they became a formal, separate country in 1815, they became the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The word “Holland” literally meant “wood-land” in Old English and originally referred to people from the northern region of the Netherlands. Over time, it came to apply to the entire country.
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Post by rubl on Dec 4, 2017 21:35:21 GMT 7
In these modern times, why aren't Dutch people referred to as Holes or Nethers? Now, what about the Dutch? There are three terms we need to define: Holland, the Netherlands, and Dutch. In Old English dutch simply meant “people or nation.” (This also explains why Germany is called Deutschland in German.) Over time, English-speaking people used the word Dutch to describe people from both the Netherlands and Germany. (At that point in time, in the early 1500s, the Netherlands and parts of Germany, along with Belgium and Luxembourg, were all part of the Holy Roman Empire.) Specifically the phrase “High Dutch” referred to people from the mountainous area of what is now southern Germany. “Low Dutch” referred to people from the flatlands in what is now the Netherlands. Within the Holy Roman Empire, the word “Netherlands” was used to describe people from the low-lying (nether) region (land). The term was so widely used that when they became a formal, separate country in 1815, they became the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The word “Holland” literally meant “wood-land” in Old English and originally referred to people from the northern region of the Netherlands. Over time, it came to apply to the entire country.Well it depends on whether you're in favour of self-rule with all 12 provinces in the Netherlands in a federation within the E.U. or for a more tight E.U. with lots of Dutch being from Germanic stock just like Angles and Saxons
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Post by rubl on Dec 17, 2017 15:08:33 GMT 7
Did you know ... "Persoonia terminalis, the Torrington geebung, is a rare shrub belonging to the family Proteaceae, and native to northern New South Wales and southern Queensland in eastern Australia." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persoonia_terminalisRumour has it that this is what the Knights who until recently said "Ni!" really wanted from King Arthur
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Post by rubl on Dec 29, 2017 11:22:27 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 11:30:42 GMT 7
Yes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 11:35:01 GMT 7
The QE2, SS Canberra, SS Uganda and the Atlantic Conveyor were all STUFT.
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Post by smokie36 on Dec 29, 2017 12:10:57 GMT 7
The QE2, SS Canberra, SS Uganda and the Atlantic Conveyor were all STUFT. Out with it you ruffian!
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Post by rubl on Jan 4, 2018 13:36:00 GMT 7
Did you know ...
... that in 1985 Gay Kindersley naively introduced himself and Graham Lord to the Australian cricket team with, "Hallo folks, I'm Gay and this is my friend Graham"?
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Post by oldie on Jan 4, 2018 15:54:12 GMT 7
Did you know ... ... that in 1985 Gay Kindersley naively introduced himself and Graham Lord to the Australian cricket team with, "Hallo folks, I'm Gay and this is my friend Graham"? He should have said "Gidday kunts, I'm Gay and this is my friend Graham"
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Post by 3 on Jan 6, 2018 5:38:02 GMT 7
Did you know ... ... I sometimes hire my cat out as one of them pneumatic sex machines?
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Post by siampolee on Jan 6, 2018 16:03:27 GMT 7
The joys of motoring in days of yore. In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 16:25:26 GMT 7
The joys of motoring in days of yore. In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares. Tut tut SirPolee, stop trying to mislead the good Gentlemen of this board. That is not your automobile, I know where you live and what you drive.
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Post by siampolee on Jan 6, 2018 16:50:13 GMT 7
Aha, an early group photograph of our select band of high speed pursuit personnel in their S B squad car.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 20:43:26 GMT 7
According to David Attenborough (to give him his full title 'Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FLS, FZS, FSA'), there are over 30,000 animals that produce silk for various purposes.
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