As if Brexit wasn’t enough to screw up half of Europe, the Brits have messed things up for the Netherlands quite some time ago. Now, I need your full attention for the ignorant yet kinda funny reason why the Dutch are called ‘Dutch’. As we all know, the German word for Germany is ‘Deutschland’. Now, for the British everyone who spoke a Germanic language was one and the same as Germany. Which resulted in the British calling people from Germany and The Netherlands both Dutch. As time passed, the Germans became known as…well, Germans. However, like an embarrassing nickname that the fat, ignora…