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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
First, it's the Netherlands, not Holland, second, it's Dutch, not Holland. Your sentence doesn't make any sense. It's saying: "Even the whole world agrees that the Spain goal shouldn't have been made because it was a corner."
Sorry, can't stand it when people say Holland when they mean the whole country. It's like saying Andalusia won the WC...
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From the wikipedia: "In strict usage, Holland is the name of a former province of the Netherlands, now split into Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland. In English (but also in Dutch and German), "Holland" is informally used as a name for the whole of the Netherlands. This informal use is reinforced by the Dutch Tourist Board (VVV) who refer to the Netherlands as Holland in its English Language Literature and on their main website, Holland.com."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland...ambiguation%29)
Ducht sort of football, then. Whatever...