Living in the US for a while I meet people allllll the time who believe that Holland and The Netherlands are two different countries. I met a boy a few days ago who said that his ancestors were from Holland but even he didn't know that the official name for Holland is: The Netherlands.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I thought Hall and Oates was Holland Oats.Anon
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think that people from the Netherlands spoke NethishAnon
- I used to think that I could meet famous people by inviting them to my birthday parties...— ClearScientist
- I was shocked when I found out that dogs in foreign countries didn't know English commands.Anon
- I also thought that people in different countries coughed, sneezed, laughed, or cried in their own language!— Mini