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Arthur Figgis wrote:

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We got griped with the wrong pattern of boxes on a tram en route to
Scheveningen. He was mainly amused at our inability to pronounce it - a
known issue for non-Dutch speakers, but we'll get our revenge when he
needs to go to Loogboroog.


Apparently the Dutch resistance used the name as a password because even a
German who was fluent in Dutch couldn't pronounce it properly.

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Graeme Wall
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