http://dracula-x.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] dracula-x.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] vadim_i_z 2008-01-06 05:54 am (UTC)

А чего им путать, если Dutch и Denmark не созвучны. У них там скорее другая проблема, путают Dutch and 'Deutsch'

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"Dutch" is not "Deutsch"

It would be a mistake for an English speaker to assume a direct similarity for the words Dutch and 'Deutsch', the German word for "German". The word "Dutch" derived from the 16th century Middle Dutch word 'Dietsch' or 'Duitsch', which referred to the Dutch language. Over time, this word has become the modern Dutch word 'Duits', which actually refers to the German language (Deutsch)."

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