stellit
9 Oct 2009
History / Why are we called Poles instead of Polans? [29]
In french we call you "Hollandais". I just discovered that we shouldn't by reading the wikipedia link ! :) So "Hollande" is only a part of the Netherland (that we call "Pays-bas")? According to wikipedia, we should call you Néerlandais (that's rather close).
We call Poles "Polonais" and Poland "Pologne". I find ironic that calling a Pole "Polak" in french is an insult as in english... Someone know why that happened ?
So, you think you can complain or wonder. Wonder how it must be to be a citizen of your own country, but abroad being named as citizen of your neighbouring country!
In french we call you "Hollandais". I just discovered that we shouldn't by reading the wikipedia link ! :) So "Hollande" is only a part of the Netherland (that we call "Pays-bas")? According to wikipedia, we should call you Néerlandais (that's rather close).
We call Poles "Polonais" and Poland "Pologne". I find ironic that calling a Pole "Polak" in french is an insult as in english... Someone know why that happened ?