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The "polderen" one is a bit weird, but I think if I said "poldering" everyone where I live (the Netherlands, but I'm from an English speaking country) would kno
by eythian 6y ago
The "polderen" one is a bit weird, but I think if I said "poldering" everyone where I live (the Netherlands, but I'm from an English speaking country) would know what I meant.
The Dutch term for the process is "poldermodel", and in English we use "polder model", and everyone here knows it. Basically, once you've told someone "people meet and hash things out until a consensus is formed" then the English term is stolen fair and square.
The actual Dutch term is pretty recent, from the 1980s or so I think.
- 082349872349872 6y agoIf the English equivalent to "meet and hash things out" is "stolen fair and square", that might explain a lot about the Empire :-)