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HelpRe: Ireland and Holland
in reply to a message by JewelsAndArrows
I think it's kinda silly, even though some country names are quite beautiful. India is lovely I think, but as a GP, not to actually use. Exceptions are Chad and Georgia which are commonly used as names.
Ireland isn't pretty soundwise to me. Holland is odd for meas a name bc I am Dutch. And to me my country's name is The Netherlands. Holland is used as the country's name mostly by foreigners, but were originally only two provinces in The Netherlands (North and South Holland). The only thing I like about people using Holland as a name is that maybe then people will understand that our country isn't called 'Amsterdam' (which happens too often).
If you were to use Ireland or Holland etc. I'd say as a MN only.
Oddly enough I feel less iffy about using city names as FN than country names...
Ireland isn't pretty soundwise to me. Holland is odd for meas a name bc I am Dutch. And to me my country's name is The Netherlands. Holland is used as the country's name mostly by foreigners, but were originally only two provinces in The Netherlands (North and South Holland). The only thing I like about people using Holland as a name is that maybe then people will understand that our country isn't called 'Amsterdam' (which happens too often).
If you were to use Ireland or Holland etc. I'd say as a MN only.
Oddly enough I feel less iffy about using city names as FN than country names...
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