{"id":6656,"date":"2020-06-01T12:50:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T12:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=6656"},"modified":"2020-06-01T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T12:50:54","slug":"curious-words-in-dutch-6-telefoonbotje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/curious-words-in-dutch-6-telefoonbotje\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious Words in Dutch 6: Telefoonbotje"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever called your arm? The Dutch word telephone bone suggests that you can. Or is that not what it means? Let’s take a look at this curious word.<\/p>\n

Previous posts in this series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Curious Words In Dutch<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Telephone Bone<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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You may have heard of the “phone bone” before. It refers to bone growth at the back of the skull, allegedly caused by phone use<\/a>. However, that is not at all what the Dutch think of when hearing “phone bone”.<\/p>\n

The Dutch\u00a0telefoonbotje\u00a0<\/em>is that gnarly feeling when you hit your\u00a0elleboog\u00a0<\/em>(elbow) in just the right (or wrong) spot. It’s as if your arm is vibrating, and a pain runs throughout your arm, all the way to the top of your fingers. However, unlike the name suggests, you don’t hit a\u00a0botje\u00a0<\/em>(bone), but rather a zenuw\u00a0<\/em>(nerve), more specifically the nervus ulnaris.<\/em><\/p>\n

The English equivalent is the funny bone, but I am not aware of more terms in English for this spot. The Dutch, however, have many more terms! See more on that below.<\/p>\n

Where does the word\u00a0telefoonbotje\u00a0<\/em>come from?<\/strong><\/h2>\n