Holland vs the Netherlands

[Tomartyr]

So referring to the Netherlands as Holland is exactly like referring to the UK as England?

[meistsyans]

"It's gonna get more complicated"
Starts talking at full speed
Me: well that helps.

[keby]

I’m from Saint Martin (French Part) and it is extremely difficult to explain our very unique island to people in other countries. Great video and explanation about the Dutch part. The French side is a collectivité d’outre-mer (COM) basically means an over seas collective of France Republic and runs similar to how the Netherlands runs its Dutch islands for the most part.

[mimi]

As a Belgian, when I started learning English it always confused me how in English 'Nederlands' is translated 'dutch' even though for me it was just the language for German speaking people (Duits).
Also I went to the Netherlands yesterday so this was a very nice video!

[Tomtom-qytg]

As a "Nederlander" I expected to learn nothing. Never under estimate CGP Grey.

[bobinenotenboom]

As a Dutch person I just wanted to tell you I'm really inpresed with your pronounciation of dutch words, expecially of the provinces

[swaffelkonijn]

Little tip from someone who's Dutch but not from Holland: when you're in the Netherlands outside of Holland, best avoid calling it Holland. You will get a scolding.

[YourBoyDonald]

As a Dutchman I just wanted to say that I am very impressed with your pronunciation of Dutch words, especially of the provinces!

[voodoodummie]

I have a feeling that all european history books should just adopt "because empire" as their slogan.

[rukeyburg]

Never thought I would learn about my own country from another language.

[billcame]

In the early 1980's, I was playing around with some shortwave radios of my grandparents. I eventually got a modern one for Christmas. Of all the national radio stations promoting their own countries (Voice of America, Radio Moscow, etc...), I found Radio Netherlands to be the coolest and just seemed to be more motivated to being fun...and I took that as a reflection of their country.

[bingusiswatching]

As a dutch person, your pronunciation was surprisingly accurate. People almost always struggle to say "Zuid Holland"

[jan_h]

I don't understand my own country send help.

[LISE-MARI]

As an islander living in The Netherlands I have spent a lifetime explaining this to friends from other countries. Nice video!

[DiePersoon]

I live in the Netherlands, and as I child, I didn’t know what to call my ow country in English. I once spoke to someone from I don’t know where, and that left me with confusion. You pronounce Dutch really well

[Veraxeon]

Personally, I use Holland and the Netherlands interchangeably when talking to foreigners / in English, since some countries call us Holland, I believe Spain does for example, and in French it makes more sense because Dutch is Hollandais.

So I don't really care about the confusion in day to day life, but it's still really cool to hear someone carefully explain the differences.

[wcwumxm]

0:43 fun fact: everytime someone calls them hearts instead of pompeblêden, someone in Friesland explodes

[jacobg]

"an island so nice they named it thrice"
choked on my coffee

[wilhelmmeyer]

Nicely explained. I vagely recall a quiz show with a question about the common border of the Netherlands and France - so long ago. Imagine travelling from Sweden over the Atlantic Ocean to some island and the people there speak Dutch. Quite funny.

[simonjacobs]

Thank you for making this it pisses me of if someone calls it Holland