Unintentionally, I ended up watching an interview with Catherine Keyl in a documentary called ‘De Schatkamer’ (The treasure room) [Warning: Dutch moving pictures and sound]. Generally speaking, she headed and presented a Dutch version of the famous American trash talk shows. There are a couple of funny fragments in the documentary: particularly her commentary on criticism from a colleague who called her any name (literally) you can find in the Dutch Dirty Word Dictionary ™. Not that I feel sorry for ms. Keyl.
Also a legitimate question for Europeans asked by a fellow Canadian: if Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, can we call The Netherlands a province of Europe too? Sure there might be some nationalistic feelings trying to put a hoof between the door, but at the end, can’t we just call all these countries provinces now?
And oh, Merry Christmas. You can start unwrapping the presents now.
Doesn’t province suggest “part of a country”?
(Uhm, we did open the presents already.)