as an englishman now residing in los angeles it never ceases to amaze me how geographically challenged amercians are. even with the world cup currently showing in bars and pubs all over the city and coverage on the plethora of sports-based channels available on satellite and cable, even the basics of country locations, national identities and languages seem beyond commentators, reporters and the populace. i couldn't help but be amused by the reporter interviewing the crowd before the recent holland vs. argentina match. signing off, after failing to understand a word that was being said by the chanting dutch supporters, he alluded to having made lots of new hollandish friends. hollandish! christ, that cracked me up. i wonder if when he orders his eggs benedict he asks for his hollandish sauce on the side. now i know it's confusing, holland is also called the netherlands, neither of which logically leads to dutch but come on, this is a so called news reporter based in europe who clearly doesn't know his arse from his elbow.this follows on from the previous commentator who failed to grasp that the swiss are from switzerland not sweden, and that togo is a country in africa and not a team representing a chain of sandwich shops. as for the comments i hear whilst sipping my pint in the local watering hole trying to concentrate on the match, well, needless to say I am not shocked to overhear arguements over whether the ukraine is in europe or asia, I was however amused by the comment, "australians, they're just like english people but drunk, right?". so people from holland are dutch, and people from liechtenstein are lickers, oh and by the way their national dish is tongue and the majority of the GNP is from the chupa chup factory.