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london tc meetings
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28 Dec 2006 Thu 11:53 pm |
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Quoting kai: Quoting robyn  : Quoting Trudy: Quoting robyn : Quoting Trudy: Quoting robyn : when is the next meeting of tc in london..?if there is one.... |
London? Too far! |
well it's easier for you to get to london than it is for me to get to amsterdam |
Why? (And I'm NOT from Amsterdam!  ) |
sorry i confused you and chantal  whoops |
Holland dear get it right robin hun 
And as for meeting in South America I'm up for that! lecciones españolas WOOOO hehe |
well i might sound really stupid here but are rotterdam and amsterdam both not a part of holland :-S ..i thought they were :-S and i didn't take geography so i wouldn't know... actually i just checked rotterdam is in in holland..have i missed something :-Sand someone please explain to me the difference between holland and the netherlands..:-S..what is the netherlands..i always thought they were the same country..gosh i sound dumb 
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 12:05 am |
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Quoting robyn : when is the next meeting of tc in london..?if there is one.... |
meeting place is basildon
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 12:10 am |
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Quoting janissary: Quoting robyn : when is the next meeting of tc in london..?if there is one.... |
meeting place is basildon |
great even closer to me
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 12:56 am |
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Quoting robyn : someone please explain to me the difference between holland and the netherlands..:-S..what is the netherlands..i always thought they were the same country..gosh i sound dumb |
Good question! I just googled it and found this:-
"The name Holland is widely used as being equivalent to the Netherlands; its use is similar to the use of England for the United Kingdom, or Russia for the defunct Soviet Union. Mainly people from other parts of the Netherlands sometimes object to this. They will point out that they are from the Netherlands, instead of the smaller part of the country that is called Holland. People from the southern provinces Limburg and Noord Brabant (Northern Brabant), which are mainly Roman Catholic, retain some bad sentiments against Holland. During the time of the United Provinces these areas did not have any political liberties and were exploited as colonies. A culture of this exploitation and the feeling of being exploited remained until the second world war; only after this war, with the true modernisation of the Dutch society did they become more free and did their relative power increase. The anti-Holland sentiment remained however, and is still relatively alive in these parts of the country."
You live and learn eh? !
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 12:59 am |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting robyn : someone please explain to me the difference between holland and the netherlands..:-S..what is the netherlands..i always thought they were the same country..gosh i sound dumb |
Good question! I just googled it and found this:-
"The name Holland is widely used as being equivalent to the Netherlands; its use is similar to the use of England for the United Kingdom, or Russia for the defunct Soviet Union. Mainly people from other parts of the Netherlands sometimes object to this. They will point out that they are from the Netherlands, instead of the smaller part of the country that is called Holland. People from the southern provinces Limburg and Noord Brabant (Northern Brabant), which are mainly Roman Catholic, retain some bad sentiments against Holland. During the time of the United Provinces these areas did not have any political liberties and were exploited as colonies. A culture of this exploitation and the feeling of being exploited remained until the second world war; only after this war, with the true modernisation of the Dutch society did they become more free and did their relative power increase. The anti-Holland sentiment remained however, and is still relatively alive in these parts of the country."
You live and learn eh? !
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thanks..when i googled it still just said holland and the netherlands as interchangeable(same country no differentiation....well thanks again aenigma 
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 01:04 am |
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Quoting robyn : thanks..when i googled it still just said holland and the netherlands as interchangeable(same country no differentiation....well thanks again aenigma |
I always thought they were interchangeable too !!
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 01:05 am |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting robyn : thanks..when i googled it still just said holland and the netherlands as interchangeable(same country no differentiation....well thanks again aenigma |
I always thought they were interchangeable too !! |
well now we know i guess....
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 09:35 am |
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Quoting robyn : Quoting aenigma x: Quoting robyn : thanks..when i googled it still just said holland and the netherlands as interchangeable(same country no differentiation....well thanks again aenigma |
I always thought they were interchangeable too !! |
well now we know i guess.... |
Aenigma is right 'Holland' and 'the Netherlands' are not the same but are used in names as the same. Besides that there is some hostility between Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 09:50 am |
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You can call me almost anything, but NEVER say I'm from Amsterdam...! That hurts! 
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29 Dec 2006 Fri 09:53 am |
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Quoting Trudy: You can call me almost anything, but NEVER say I'm from Amsterdam...! That hurts! |
aaawwww i'm sorry..i guess it's the equivalent of calling me scottish or irish or welsh ..
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