I didn't know that. It's difficult for any human to pronounce, surely; it's
just that the Dutch thought that they had to and tried harder :-)
I had a Dutch pilot on a course with me in 1978, converting from the F5 to the
Jaguar with the RAF. His name was Guys Schoor, which was tricky enough for me,
never having been to Holland by then.
Chris
On 2 Mar 2013, at 20:29, Frank Wijsmuller <wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @Chris B - 'Let op! Drempels' - this country is overrun with speed bumps. A
> significant amount of my car repairs is due to it, my garageman claims.
> Oh and you probably know the Dutch used 'Scheveningen' as a password if
> they would make sure there were no Germans infiltrating in WW II?
> Rather hard to pronounce for them ;-).
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