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Not a month goes by without someone confusing Sweden/Switzerland or Denmark/Netherlands. With Sweden/Switzerland it's because of the names of the countries, but with Denmark/Netherlands it's because people from Denmark are called Danish and people from Netherlands are called Dutch.

It's usually Americans who make those mistakes, but the first time I encountered it in real life was actually in England when I got in the wrong line to get into the country. I was supposed to stand in the Europe line but ended up in the Rest of The World line, and one of the women there could apparently tell something was wrong and asked me, "Are you Dutch?" I said no and handed her my passport which said Denmark and she responded with, "That's what I said: Dutch. Why are you lying about where you're from?" :XD:
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~sims3man68 Mar 15, 2013
I can see how that could happen. I read once that the United States is the most geographically illiterate country in the world. Some of us can't even tell the difference between cities, states, and countries (even our own country), and the ones that do think that the WHOLE WORLD IS AMERICA!!!
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~michygang Apr 21, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
We just look at a US map and think its a world map. XD
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~n3xtt 1 day ago
No, we don't.
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~michygang 7 hours ago  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Um, sorry if I offended you, it was a Hetalia reference.
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~Caiel Feb 18, 2013
I love how america isn't a white guy.
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~EclipseMind Apr 9, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Apparently getting a tan is the new thing in the US
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~Caiel Apr 10, 2013
I only thought of that after I had already posted that...
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~BabakoSen Jan 20, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
It's not just the "Sw" that makes me confuse the Swiss and the Swedes; for some reason I can never get their flags straight either. At least since I've been reading SatW that pair has gotten easier to distinguish.
The Danish-Dutch confusion has never been a problem for me. Lithuania, Latvia, and Liechtenstein (I can't even spell that last one right—I thought it was Lichtenstein) on the other hand are even worse than Sweden and Switzerland.
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~inthegrasps Dec 25, 2012
Remember the U.S is still just a kid. Only about 230 years old I suppose.
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~sebaselciclon Dec 6, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
on spanish the sweden/switzerland is even worst, the names are "Suecia/Suiza". They are almost the same!
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