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Why are people from Holland called Dutch and not Hollish?

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It’s an English thing..we call them Hollands
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ElGuapo · 41-45, M
@SpencerMurgatroyd Comme les hollandaises en francais?
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ElGuapo · 41-45, M
@SpencerMurgatroyd You can say the Netherlands Antilles, for example ... Dutch and German are similar, I guess for some reason the Angleish retained Du(e)t(s)ch as the word for people from the Low Countries
ElGuapo · 41-45, M
@SpencerMurgatroyd on parle de sauce hollandaise, n'est ce pas?
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