{"id":5855,"date":"2018-10-29T21:29:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T21:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5855"},"modified":"2018-10-29T21:29:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T21:29:41","slug":"changing-the-time-we-live-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/changing-the-time-we-live-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing The Time We Live In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A debate is going on in Europe right now that shows the importance of language very nicely. The European Union (EU) is going to abandon Daylight Savings Time. The question now is &#8211; what time will become the standard? The\u00a0<em>zomertijd\u00a0<\/em>(summertime) or the\u00a0<em>wintertijd\u00a0<\/em>(wintertime)?<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Welke tijd?<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wintertijd - Zondag met Lubach (S09)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCA_VyXCPok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the segment above, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/arjen-lubach-and-dutch-comedy\/\">Arjen Lubach<\/a> in his show\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/zondag-met-lubach-the-dutch-daily-show\/\"><em>Zondag met Lubach<\/em><\/a> breaks down the issue from a Dutch perspective. He points out a problem: The majority of people wants to choose the\u00a0<em>zomertijd<\/em>, and that is problematic for health reasons, which he explains later. Most experts appear to warn that the <em>zomertijd\u00a0<\/em>would be quite harmful in winter, so the winter time should be the standard, as summer days are longer anyway. Regardless that debate, it is not what this post is about &#8211; instead, let&#8217;s focus on the ambiguity of the word\u00a0<em>tijd\u00a0<\/em>(time).<\/p>\n<p>In his segments, Arjen Lubach often makes\u00a0<em>woordgrappen\u00a0<\/em>(puns), and he does it here too:<\/p>\n<p><em>De tijden gaan veranderen, want de tijd gaat niet meer veranderen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(The times are changing, because the time is not changing anymore)<\/p>\n<p><em>Het gaat over de vraag: in welke tijd willen we leven?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(It is about the question: in what time do we want to live?)<\/p>\n<p>And those puns are possible because of the multiple meanings of the word\u00a0<em>tijd<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Why does that matter? Because it influences the reason people choose for one time or the other. The reasons for or against one time or the other are not that easy to discern, since it is not a highly discussed topic. So what do people base their choice on? Lubach added a section from some interviews with\u00a0some Dutch\u00a0<em>burgers\u00a0<\/em>(citizens), where they asked the question:<\/p>\n<p><em>Stel de wintertijd wordt afgeschaft, dus we hebben alleen nog de zomertijd, wat betekent dat dan?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wintertijd - Zondag met Lubach (S09)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCA_VyXCPok?start=227&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The second and third person responded that this means it will no longer snow and that winter clothes are no longer needed. They obviously refer to the other meaning of\u00a0<em>zomertijd\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>wintertijd<\/em> than in the sense of daylight savings time.<\/p>\n<p>So then, it seems that the summer simply is more popular. People associate the summer with a good time, and the winter with a not-so-good time.<\/p>\n<p>In other words (and another pun):<\/p>\n<p><em>Als je een populariteitswedstrijd houdt tussen de <strong>winter<\/strong> en de zomer, wie <strong>wint er<\/strong>: de zomer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(If you hold a popularity contest between the winter and the summer, who wins: the summer)<\/p>\n<p>So you say\u00a0<em>zomertijd<\/em>, and this is what people think:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_p11VE9_Hrs<\/p>\n<p>Yet this is actually meant with\u00a0<em>zomertijd\u00a0<\/em>in this context:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5858\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/aMQKOT40aqA\" aria-label=\"Pawel Czerwinski 681909 Unsplash 1024x683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5858\" class=\" wp-image-5858\"  alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"510\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/pawel-czerwinski-681909-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Pawe\u0142 Czerwi\u0144ski at Unsplash.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The problem is the different definitions of time, which are the same for the Dutch\u00a0<em>tijd<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5859\" style=\"width: 762px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5859\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5859\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/time.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/time.jpg 752w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/time-350x126.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A definition of time. Two meanings confused! (Image screenshot from Google Dictionary)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What we are really talking about here is definition 2, NOT 1. But it is just quite unusual to talk about\u00a0<em>that\u00a0<\/em>meaning of time.<\/p>\n<p>And so we confuse it. But it may have real impacts on our health. This shows that the context and phrasing of the question really matters!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/time-350x126.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/time-350x126.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/time.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>A debate is going on in Europe right now that shows the importance of language very nicely. The European Union (EU) is going to abandon Daylight Savings Time. The question now is &#8211; what time will become the standard? The\u00a0zomertijd\u00a0(summertime) or the\u00a0wintertijd\u00a0(wintertime)? Welke tijd? 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