[Ads-l] cuss word euphemisms

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Fri Dec 2 12:54:27 UTC 2016


No, then it just sounds like the name of a Dutch town.

On Dec 2, 2016 3:14 AM, "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Scheveningen
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>
> 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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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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