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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by OneDeuxTriSeiGo on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:56AM (#50391300)
de Vries is one of the most surnames in Holland. It literally means "from Frisia (the modern day dutch province of Friesland)".

So Peter de Vries is effectively the dutch equivalent of John Smith.

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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by martyvis on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:04AM (#50391386)
I guess, though John Smith would more literally be Jan Smit, and the surname de Vries might be a name more like North or York.
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