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For anyone else (besides me, being Dutch) wondering about the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_roll?useskin=vector#Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by ragebol 2y ago
For anyone else (besides me, being Dutch) wondering about the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_roll?useskin=vector#Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_roll?useskin=vector#Name
TL;DR: it's from ice skating where there's a similar move. But no idea why it's called that in ice skating.
- shdon 2y agoIce skating... Interesting... My guess was it having to do with ships rocking side to side. Maar waarom een schaatsterm?
- ragebol 2y agoMaybe the ice skaters took it from ships, also an old Dutch tradition I suppose.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoI'm not sure if this is relevant, but: I have read that back in the day (1500s-1700s), the Dutch built flat-bottomed boats that could carry a lot, and the English built round-bottomed boats that handled better in the ocean. Maybe the way a Dutch boat handled in heavier seas is the origin of the term?
- yurishimo 2y agoAt first I read that as `schatsterm` and thought it was cute, but then I looked it up to double check and it's still cool! But now I know that the word I thought it was is actually a `bijnaam`. Your language is fun and I have been enjoying learning it over the last couple of years. :)