heartpatcher@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoHolland has so much spacelemmy.worldimagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1574arrow-down177cross-posted to: cartographyanarchy
arrow-up1497arrow-down1imageHolland has so much spacelemmy.worldheartpatcher@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square117fedilinkcross-posted to: cartographyanarchy
minus-squareoldfartlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThere are still people alive calling Iran Persia. It will take a while until Holland rebranding to Netherlands will take over, whole generations learned about Holland in school and will continue to use that name until the day they die.
minus-squareboonhetlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI’m 28 and it was usually called Holland in school… I’m Estonian, so maybe the news just got here later, we’re supposedly pretty slow.
minus-squareoldfartlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThey formally changed the name in 2020, your school was up to date
There are still people alive calling Iran Persia. It will take a while until Holland rebranding to Netherlands will take over, whole generations learned about Holland in school and will continue to use that name until the day they die.
I’m 28 and it was usually called Holland in school… I’m Estonian, so maybe the news just got here later, we’re supposedly pretty slow.
They formally changed the name in 2020, your school was up to date