Poekoel 8 Atjeh (English: “Acehnese 8 o’clock (i.e., ‘around some time’)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Acehnese expression equivalent to the Dutch ‘around an hour or so’ — illustrates Acehnese lack of punctuality.
Translation
Acehnese 8 o’clock (i.e., ‘around some time’)
Description
Acehnese expression equivalent to the Dutch ‘around an hour or so’ — illustrates Acehnese lack of punctuality. Anecdote told of an old landschapshoofd who arrived hours late to Koninginnedag with the excuse ‘I have no clock’ (despite three broken clocks in his voorgalerij).
Significance
The term Poekoel 8 Atjeh is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 102.