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Markje
 Post subject: Re: Why we call them Dutch?
Post Number:#11  PostPosted: 28 Aug 2010 11:19 
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No James, Limburg was never accepted as part, they somehow sneaked in. :roll:


What's wrong with Limburg? [surprised.gif]

What about Eastern/Southern Netherlands?


Eastern Netherlands is mostly argicultural , southern used to be mining but now thats closed down and it switched to tourism.


What is there to see in the south? Maastricht area?


- Valkenburg, is a highly tourist-oriented town with many things to see.
- Cave exploration
- explore forests by bike
- Dutch Mountains (more like hills, austrians will laugh at us for calling em mountains)
- Fairytale park (a swimming resort / aqua park)
- Coal mine museum
- spa centrum
- Cave - Aquarium (zoo)

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 Post subject: Re: Why we call them Dutch?
Post Number:#12  PostPosted: 28 Aug 2010 11:25 
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jg101 wrote:
Sorry no offence meant at all, was a quote I read recently in a book which took a satirical look at history and summed up the English as " not quite as bad as the Nazis"
"I have seen much to hate here, much to forgive.
But in a world where England is finished and dead,
I do not wish to live."
-- Alice Duer Miller : The White Cliffs

May I suggest you also read this thread!


How to be an Alien (in Great Britain)

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 Post subject: Re: Why we call them Dutch?
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Wiz,

what do you call someone from Northern Ireland ( no insults, please) ?!

Many folk from N.Ireland think the Dutch are just great - The Orangemen and their supporters - who wave the Union fla more fervently than anywhere else in the UK !

They march in bowler hats to commemorate the intervention of a Dutch King William III who also became the King of the UK !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England
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Wiz,

what do you call someone from Northern Ireland ( no insults, please) ?!


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Irish......................... Ulsterman.........................Unionist


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Wiz,

what do you call someone from Northern Ireland ( no insults, please) ?!


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Irish

55% of the population would 'hate' you

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Ulsterman


45% of the population would 'hate' you - as Ulster contains 3 Southern Counties ..

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45% of the population would 'hate' you



You may be learning - you can never 'win' with anyone from N. Ireland - we can't even agree what we are to be called ;)




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