What’s the windmill saying?
Posted on September 12, 2008
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“Ik ben op het werk.”
At least that’s how we think you’d say “I’m at work” in Dutch.
Today we visited Kinderdijk, which has the largest concentration of windmills remaining in The Netherlands (there used to be 10,000 in the country; now there are 950).
We learned that how the blades are set sends a signal. “Korte rust” (when the blades are straight up and down and straight across) is working position. An “X” means “lange rust” or resting position. When the bottom blade is angled to the left it means “vreugde” (celebration), while to the right would be “rouw” (mourning).
That concludes your Dutch lesson for the day.
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