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| There are variants of this concept in other languages, such as ] (''agurktid'') and ] (''zurebommentijd''). | There are variants of this concept in other languages, such as ] (''agurktid'') and ] (''zurebommentijd''). | ||
| Other languages have similiar terms for the sparse summer period: |
Other languages have similiar terms for the sparse summer period: has the dull season (la morte-saison), ] has (the silly season) and (big gooseberry time), ] has the news drought (nyhetstorka) news drought, and ] has the summer hole ((Sommerloch)). | ||
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Komkommertijd is a Dutch word, literally meaning "cucumber time". It is in reference to the lull of news stories that occur during the summer vacation period - that the news in the papers are as thin and watery as a cucumber.
There are variants of this concept in other languages, such as Norwegian (agurktid) and German (zurebommentijd).
Other languages have similiar terms for the sparse summer period: has the dull season (la morte-saison), English has (the silly season) and (big gooseberry time), Swedish has the news drought (nyhetstorka) news drought, and German has the summer hole ((Sommerloch)).
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