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It's not unlike how people (not from the Netherlands) often call the Netherlands "Holland", which is only a part of it, or call the UK "Britain".
by jhbadger 9y ago
It's not unlike how people (not from the Netherlands) often call the Netherlands "Holland", which is only a part of it, or call the UK "Britain".
- mikeash 9y agoGood examples. In the US, it’s fairly common to use “England” to refer to the UK, which really weirds me out.