Not all Americans are idiots. But boy... some are trying. Fox news screenshot
 

I'll bite. What's the problem?

Isn't it obvious? That poor girl in the lower right has been removed from her body. And she's still smiling. No way she should be smiling.

Poor wretch.

You sir, made me spit my coffee over the keyboard :thumbsup

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Wat wil je nou man? Het klopt toch.

ja raar dat ze zuid en noord holland zomaar samenvoegen! stout!

I think its not that much worse then the general vision of the world

http://www.dutchteencash.com/funnypics/worldusa.gif

So what's the problem? Other than more clearly showing that Holland is part of the NL but it is not completely unclear either from the map that is their intention.

"What do want do you nou man? It is nevertheless correct."

"yes strange that them south and North add the Netherlands zomaar! naughty!"


Babelfish is my friend.

damn thats not that bad even

Uch uch, so many ppl without a clue. FUnny

What? Do you want the word "Netherlands" to be larger than "Holland"?

This is as bad as whether citizens of USA can call themselves "Americans" when USA is just part of the Americas.

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.

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 ;-)

On this note, can someone improve my GPS? It is retarded sometimes.

Exactly.

I find it rather quaint that these guys who insult everyone for not knowing what the mystery is, all the while acting like they themselves are the only ones with "a clue", always refrain from clearing up said mystery.

Leads me to wonder if they're just as "clueless" as everyone else and just pretending.


Now to figure out what the horrible Dutchies did with that poor girl's body....

dont wanna make this is a Joran thread but believe me noone here in holland likes that guy anymore - he told so many lies everyones fed up with him

That editor on Fox should be shot at first sight of light.

Retard should have been a year more in class

here ya all go

ecently in The Times Q&A section a question was asked about Netherlands vs Holland as the correct name for that country. The answer said that Holland strictly refers only to two southern provinces. Nederlands is the official name and appears on currency and stamps. Incidenatlly, in spite of this, the locals still shout for Holland at international football matches! Later, a supplementary question was published. Today, that following extra question was answered. I found it interesting and thought I'd share it.
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I was interested to read about Holland and the Netherlands (Q&A, February 25), but where do the "Dutch" come from?

In medieval times the Germanic people with whom the ordinary Englishman most frequently came into contact were sailors who lived on the other side of the North Sea. They probably described themselves as "Deutsch", which was later corrupted in English and written as "Dutch".
In contrast, the "Germanic" people with whom the English aristocracy came into contact were the aristocracy of the Holy Roman Empire. The mutual language of communication that they used was Latin, hence the area from which they came was described as "Germania", which later became "Germany".
To this day, notwithstanding the atrocities of 1940-45, the Dutch national anthem has references to the country's Germanic origin - the opening lines of the anthem (written about 1569) being "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe / Ben ik van Duitsen bloed" which translates as: "I am William of Nassau / Of Germanic descent".
Martin Vlietstra, Fleet, Hampshire

From the late Middle Ages to the 16th century, when linguistic distinctions were not sharply defined, the English often
described anyone, speaking a Germanic language as "Doch" or "T(h)eutonicus", heedless of whether the subject hailed from Antwerp, Hamburg or Nuremberg. A survey of aliens in London in 1568 found 5,225 "Dutch parsons" but only a meagre 22 "Garmans".
Once the northern provinces of the Habsburg Low Countries gained their political independence in the early 17th century, it became usual to distinguish between Dutch and German speakers and their cultures. "Dutch" derives from the Middle Dutch duuts or diets which ultimately stem from the old Germanic word theudo meaning "people".

The nomenclature for the Low Countries has long puzzled foreigners, and no wonder. In the early modern period there were perhaps eight different ways of referring to the region, its inhabitants and cultures.

I get it but I will say that when any news happens in the States that is in a State other than California, New York or Florida that maps and information given by European broadcasters is pretty rubbish too. This is particularly if it is breaking news and the researchers haven't done their work yet.

I think someone needs to be kicked with a wooden shoe.

You absolutely ruined my planned wooden shoe joke. :(

The Dutch hate us for our freedom! :1orglaugh

The scary fact is, after 6 years of war, most of us Americans couldn't go to a globe and point to Iraq. Sad, but true. Honestly, I'm not even sure that I could find it in less than a 30 seconds. I'd have to really look for it. Also, I'm one of those people who didn't realize that Holland was a province and not a country on to itself. The scariest part of that is the fact I was trained for the European Theater when I was in the army. I was a (shitty) German linguist and I had friends who were Dutch linguists. I never made it to Europe though. (That damned wall came down.)

Do they make those in Holland or the Netherlands?

And where's er, Dutch-land? And how does this relate to the Amstel Light versus Heineken beer conflict?

Wow I didn't even know that. Good Find Mike.
Still Fox made a mistake. But I do feel obliged to apologize for the thread title since i as a Dutchman, Hollander, Nederlander, Dutchy, Kaaskop and whatever we call ourselves, did not know all this.

Most people who have been to The Netherlands have only been to Amsterdam which is a shame. It's probably the worst place to go to get a snapshot of what that country is all about.

I still think Amsterdam is a great place and a lot of fun too, but I hope to one day return to places like Texel, Apeldoorn, and Nijmegan just to name a few places.

Looks fine to me. Although I wouldn't have displayed it that way, I woulda just shown the Netherlands as a whole.

So the map as displayed is technically correct?

?

I know! I know!

They are idiots for reporting that they only found the top half of Natalie's body? They should have waited until they found all of it before broadcasting the story?

Well yes I guess you might have a point there...


and I didn't even need babelfish!

This is what he did : https://youtube.com/watch?v=JmNyRMUYCNo

ROTF you got way tooo much time on your hands :P

Wikipedia is my IQ, but you knew that already

haha mikes pic is awesome

yah yah .. zig hail! Euro-peon trash think they are more knowledgeable than those in the US. You so easily forget that idiots are deposited all over the world!

Here's some 411 for y'all:

It's kinda like Australia. (NOo.. not Austria!)

They need to just keep sending over the buttery cheese & yummy baked goods, 'cause they have no flipping clue on how to build (ski) gondolas!
:thumbsup

muahahahahahaha. Seems Greenday made that song for a reason.

Which of course so many people outside of the US don't actually listen to the words of and just cling onto the 'American Idiot' phrase.

i'm interested. Off the top off their head who could draw a map of where Gabon is? How about naming a neighboring country? How many of us even know that Gabon is a country? Is it? Did I spell it right?

Who is the leader of Gabon? Every one of us should know that and there is good reason especially because of recent political events. Why is that important?

somewhere in W-Africa, close to Senegal or Ghana I think

hahah great thread.. lmao with those post.


the only big thing i see in the pic is just that north and south holland are combined what's not correct..

look it at a bigger scale. they point this part of the netherlands on the map and saying this is 'holland/netherland/dutchie land' or whatever you want to call it. fox is giving you the wrong information about where this country is on the map.. if someone else puts on a map of this country then you will be confused because fox showed you the wrong map of this country..

haha... havent seen that one before!

you made your point, let's send all Americans back to elementary school!

Mike,

We actually have a similar confusion here in the US. The Pennsylvania Dutch were German immigrants.

OK, everyone needs to play this game http://www.minijuegosgratis.com/jueg...html?37d1=7216

Yes, because it is actually Pennsylvania Deutsch (aka Pennsylvania German) but people (as always) just shortened it down. I am PA Dutch/German and you should have heard that rants my grandfather could go on about not being Dutch. Up where they live people actually will call themselves Pennsylvania German over Pennsylvania Dutch.

Either way..kick ass food.

That is a funny game. Nice to see where this thread is going BTW.

Damn Zebra!~ ;)
I deleted this from my bookmarks since it was so addictive:mad:
Now you got me back to my addiction.......happy its weekend so I can play it a bit :1orglaugh

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I missed qualifying for level 7 by less than 60 points. :(