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Re: Holland:Netherlands::Carolina:United States



ghItlhpu' David E G Sturm <[email protected]> (Subject: Holland : Netherlands ::
Carolina : United States ...

> ... (As Wouter mentions, Nord and Suid Holland ...

  De echte namen van deze twee staaten zijn `Noordholland' en `Zuidholland'!!
Ik was in Nederland twee mal vierteen dagen med motorfiets aan vakantie, in
Emmeloord in de Noordoostpolder, die was de bodem van de zee vo'o'r 1942.
  `Noordholland' `Zuidholland' je bIH pongmey lugh: 14 jajDaq 2 poHmeyDaq pa'
QuQcha'gho jIhlIgh! Emmeloord-Daq Noordoostpolder-Daq jIHpu'. <until 1942>
bIQ'a' bIngDaq 'oHpu' Noordoostpolder.
  `staat' 'oH "province" Netherlands-nganpu' mu' (`staten' = "provinces").

> Note how "Earther" is used as a term of derision to describe Federation
> citizens....  If you understand the cut issued by a Klingon calling a
> human an "Earther", you can understand the cut issued by someone calling
> Netherlands "Holland".

  But all humans <did> originate on Earth, whereas not all Dutch originated in
Noordholland and Zuidholland provinces.


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