Topic: Today I remembered a fact about Dutch people
Anonymous A started this discussion 2 years ago #115,112
They call railway crossing barriers "Train Track Trees".
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 22 hours later[^] [v] #1,272,162
boom doesn't just mean tree, it can mean a pole or a mast. The English word beam has the same etymology.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 7 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,272,163
@previous (B)
Also, English "boom" is a mast on which a microphone is mounted to make movies.
boof joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 8 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,272,193
FACTS
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 20 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,272,310
@1,272,162 (B)
Ceiling trees, you say?
dw !p9hU6ckyqw joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 6 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,272,349
@1,272,163 (C)
It's also the movable arm on agricultural spraying equipment!
dw !p9hU6ckyqw double-posted this 2 years ago, 38 seconds later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,272,350
This we call the spraytree
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