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> while presumably if you have gone to the trouble of learning Dutch, you'd know how to pronounce "Scheveningen". It’s actually hard to do. This is a good choi
by hprotagonist 7y ago
> while presumably if you have gone to the trouble of learning Dutch, you'd know how to pronounce "Scheveningen".
It’s actually hard to do. This is a good choice of shibboleth.
I’d propose “squirrel” as an english word to find german speakers.
Famously, pacific theater allied forces occasionally used “lollapalooza” as a shibboleth, also for fairly obvious reasons.
- leipert 7y agoHa. That is nice, because Eichhörnchen (squirrel) is also a hard one in German.
- hprotagonist 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRD4uq1mVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRD4uq1mVw both ways :)
- mhink 7y agoThe same issue exists in French, as well! "Écureuil" (squirrel) is somewhat difficult for English speakers to pronounce, and "squirrel" (écureuil) is somewhat difficult for French speakers to pronounce.