# Holland? Nederlands? Difference?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holland-nederlands-difference/42536>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 24, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holland-nederlands-difference/42536 "2000-11-24T14:48:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holland-nederlands-difference/42536/1 "2000-11-24T14:48:57Z")

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for one, I know there’s a difference. I just can’t for the life of me figure it out. I work supporting most of Europe, and we had to rename some of our distribution lists because some people in The Nederlandes objected to the word Dutch in the title.

So, Clog boys, can you explain?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holland-nederlands-difference/42536/2 "2000-11-24T14:55:09Z")

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[Is Dutch racist?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34060)

Try that one. It will probably tell you what you need. FTR: there’s nothing wrong with the word “Dutch”.

“Nederlands” is what our language is called. The English word for that is “Dutch”.

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holland-nederlands-difference/42536/3 "2000-11-24T14:57:02Z")

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While Clogboy is adding up his sums you may want to read [Is “Dutch” racist?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34060)

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holland-nederlands-difference/42536/4 "2000-11-24T14:58:27Z")

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Damn. 😃

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holland-nederlands-difference/42536/5 "2000-11-24T15:01:24Z")

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You seem a little out of shape, yojimbo 😉

Run faster, dammit 😃