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Quote: Originally posted by twooks on 07/8/2007

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it wasn't intended to be rude - merely helpful - particularly on info on the country and town mentioned - if you check the links you will find lots of info and maps, I find wiki quirky and helpful and the opening thread states that they have no knowledge of the place.

Just because the people themselves are too polite to correct you doesn't excuse your lack of knowledge and / or common courtesy. How many Scots Welsh Irish do you know that would appreciate being called English, they may be too polite to correct a foreigner for their error - doesn't mean they don't find it insulting.
Although in my experience the UK usage of Holland is simply regarded as yet another 'eccentricity' of the English, right up there with the still frequently held assumption that when 'abroad' it is only a matter of speaking English loudly enough so that the poor benighted foreigner might understand.

As a simple courtesy I apologise for any offence that I have caused on this thread, but still think one should try and be accurate when speaking off and about other people and cultures.

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