22:30 Jul 21, 2009 |
Dutch to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | |||||
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3 +2 | model from the polder |
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3 | connotation of dumb blonde country girl |
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3 | polder model |
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connotation of dumb blonde country girl Explanation: Agree with Ron Willems but because the term polder model when used seriously means a debate where people take forever to reach agreement, it has gained the meaning of slowness of thought - having slow thought processes or slow to get to the point. If the presenter is a blonde female, then dumb blonde might be an approximation. Also on the analogy of "polderjongen" which is often translated into English as a "navvy" - connotation being a lower class young man with rough and ready manners, who mucks in with his mates. Definite working class implications. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder_Model |
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model from the polder Explanation: I guess she's pretty like a "model", and she's "from the polder" (i.e. from the West of the country, or from just anywhere in NL - the polder could refer to the country as a whole) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 34 mins (2009-07-21 23:05:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- she could of course also simply *be* a (former) model. a second explanation could be that she's the result of "polderen", i.e. some kind of "negotiated compromise between two parties", which in NL is considered to be typically Dutch. in order for her to make the joke in that sense, she would have to be of mixed race or something... I agree with Michael Beijer that it would be helpful to know her name, perhaps the joke can be explained in even more different ways once we know who this "poldermodel" is. |
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