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Many "Norway" questions in "The Netherlands". How come?
Norway and The Netherlands have nothing in common, and we're not even neighbouring countries.
So many "Norway" questions in "The Netherlands". How come? Did you people ever look at a map of Europe??
I know that Norway doesn't have its own cathegory, but still: why on earth post it in The Netherlands??
6 Answers
- Martha PLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think they have no idea about geography or a map.
I was wondering the same when I saw all the Norway questions. The Netherlands and Norway apart from both starting with N are two complete different countries.
Maybe, they will get it now.
- Maria GallerciaLv 41 decade ago
Some people cannot tell the difference between Scandinavian countries to the Low Countries. It's like people cannot decipher between the Baltic and the Balkans. Although Norway and the Netherlands are Germanic people (not German, people!!!), they are different in a lot of respect. People in Norway speaks Norwegian, and people in the Netherlands speaks Dutch. So, yeah, I can see your concern is very legitimate. Some people put Christmas questions in Hanukkah category, LOL.
- Anonymous7 years ago
I understand that you are right, but we are right to, when we ask about the Netherlands being from Norway. At one time the Vikings from Denmark moved to the Netherlands before they decided to flee from the Germans in Norway-so that gets us confused. We don't know what there language is. We just understand there history.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Hmmm...they both start with "N"...for some of the jokers on yahoo, that would be enough....LOL