# Dutch, do you get annoyed by your country being referred to as "Holland"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-do-you-get-annoyed-by-your-country-being-referred-to-as-holland/811077>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 23, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-do-you-get-annoyed-by-your-country-being-referred-to-as-holland/811077 "2018-03-23T16:13:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-do-you-get-annoyed-by-your-country-being-referred-to-as-holland/811077/41 "2018-03-27T11:52:19Z")

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I live in (South) Holland so I might say that I’m from Holland. In practice I say I’m half Dutch/half English. I try to stay safely in Holland so I can’t hear the complaints about what others call the country. 😃

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-do-you-get-annoyed-by-your-country-being-referred-to-as-holland/811077/42 "2018-03-27T11:56:36Z")

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Honestly, who cares where Peter Pan comes from?

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-do-you-get-annoyed-by-your-country-being-referred-to-as-holland/811077/43 "2018-03-27T12:02:57Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Honestly, who cares where Peter Pan comes from?

OK, I admit it. I don’t get this.

Never mind _click_, got it as soon as I posted.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-do-you-get-annoyed-by-your-country-being-referred-to-as-holland/811077/44 "2018-03-27T14:04:31Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Honestly, who cares where Peter Pan comes from?

He doesn’t, being eternally pre-pubescent…

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