If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
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ANSWERS: 35
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The extra 'l' in Holland makes all the difference.
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Maybe because Poland and Holland are pronounced differently. Poland is pronounced with the long O sound and Holland with the short O sound. May people from Holland should be called Halls.
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Good question, made me laugh.
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Because if you went with those assumptions then people from Ireland would be IRIE when that's clearly Jamaica !
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I guess the same reason people from England are called English and people from France are not called Francish and there are no Germish, but we do have Polish. Each country calls itself what they do in their own language.You can't force them to call themselves what they might in your language. I've always been confused with Dutch and Deutch
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Holes doesn't sound nice.
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Yes.
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Hey Thess, where or where is Billykid when you need him? LOL I have no clever humor whatsoever :-)))
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No, but people from Aston Ohio, get assteroids!
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Yes and it ended up being a photo finish.
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I think it's because it's too close to the nickname for hose of us from MA (you know-Massholes!).
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Because holes sounds rather disturbing :)
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They are usually called pollacks not poles lol and imagine we called people from holland hollacks. that would be just wierd
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Holland no longer exists. Its the Netherlands and if you can make a funny out of that more power to ya.
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if people from brittan are called brits, could not people from italy be called its?
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if a mouse is mice why is house not hice?
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Why arent people from Iceland called iceicles?
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LOL! Nice one! I'm going to use that!
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i have no clue but very funny!
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that would mean asking too much out of them!!
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Very funny, I like that one!
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and why are'nt germans called 'germs' or the spanish called spanks
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I call them Holes, lol! :-P
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I'm German. Would I be a Germ? +5
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What about people from Arsenal, what are they called?
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The Dutch don't really conform to any normal names, because their country is either Holland or the Netherlands, neither of which sound anything like "Ducth."
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A lot of 'em ARE
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i'd say that no-one wants to be called 'holes'.
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Because the Dutch are the exact opposite of 'holes.' ie. - The Little Dutch Boy who stuck his finger in the hole in the dam, thus creating a 'non-hole' & saving his nation from an imminent flood disaster. :)
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Should the French be called Froles? Or A**holes? Then the Swedes would be Swoles. Mexicans, Moles. Canadians (you'll like this) Canoles. Bulgarians, Boles. . Or if the French are Frogs, would the Germans be Grogs? I'd better quit while I can.
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Now that puts a whole new spin on the Devo song Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA...;-D... "WE'RE THE SMART PATROL NOWHERE TO GO SUBURBAN ROBOTS THAT MONITOR REALITY COMMON STOCK WE WORK AROUND THE CLOCK WE SHOVE THE POLES IN THE HOLES" . . .
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+3 'cause it made me laugh... As far as an answer goes, I don't have a clue.
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On the East Coast I only heard it with a second syllable.
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What are people from holland called...dutch? if thats's it that makes less sense.
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It is because of the extra "l" in Holland. If it were Holand then Holes it would be! Happy Wednesday to you! :) That would make the pronunciation "ho" not "hah". Now we could call them Hahles if you like! :) You know, Hah not Hoe! :)
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