[Ads-l] cuss word euphemisms

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri Dec 2 08:14:11 UTC 2016


On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scheveningen


Do you pronounce it in the Dutch manner? That placename enjoys a certain
reputation as a shibboleth.


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-Wilson
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