How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
Aug 24th 2003, 2:39 pm
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How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
Aug 24th 2003, 3:03 pm
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"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
Close enough.
The "ch" in Dutch is pronounced as a "g", so a "k" is close enough. The
"hol" would be like "hole" in English but with a short "o". I think
'skipple' comes pretty close to that ;-)
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> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
Close enough.
The "ch" in Dutch is pronounced as a "g", so a "k" is close enough. The
"hol" would be like "hole" in English but with a short "o". I think
'skipple' comes pretty close to that ;-)
Greetz,
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Aug 24th 2003, 3:11 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
"Thur" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> "whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote ...
>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>
> Close enough.
> The "ch" in Dutch is pronounced as a "g", so a "k" is close enough.
You mean like a Dutch g, do you?
. I think the ch is an "ach Laut" as in
"Loch Ness". Or am I wrong?
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> "whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote ...
>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>
> Close enough.
> The "ch" in Dutch is pronounced as a "g", so a "k" is close enough.
You mean like a Dutch g, do you?
. I think the ch is an "ach Laut" as in "Loch Ness". Or am I wrong?
Regards
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Aug 24th 2003, 4:01 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple." Say
it five times, fast.
Tom
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> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple." Say
it five times, fast.
Tom
Aug 24th 2003, 4:14 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
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>"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
>the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple." Say
>it five times, fast.
OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
challenge.
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>"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
>the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple." Say
>it five times, fast.
OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
challenge.
Aug 24th 2003, 4:44 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
whitey fjord <[email protected]> wrote:
> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
I've always heard the 'hol' part pronounced more. In skipple it's hardly
pronounced at all. Nex
> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
I've always heard the 'hol' part pronounced more. In skipple it's hardly
pronounced at all. Nex
Aug 24th 2003, 5:42 pm
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"Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> >> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
> >
> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
> >the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple."
Say
> >it five times, fast.
> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
> challenge.
You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
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> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> >> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
> >
> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
> >the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple."
Say
> >it five times, fast.
> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
> challenge.
You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
Aug 24th 2003, 5:51 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
Wolfgang Schwanke <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Thur" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote ...
>>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>>
>> Close enough.
>> The "ch" in Dutch is pronounced as a "g", so a "k" is close enough.
> You mean like a Dutch g, do you?. I think the ch is an "ach Laut" as in
> "Loch Ness". Or am I wrong?
Sometimes the 'g' is the same as the 'ch', other times it takes different
forms (plantage - soft and Frenchy, Hengelo - like it looks, etc.).
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> "Thur" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote ...
>>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>>
>> Close enough.
>> The "ch" in Dutch is pronounced as a "g", so a "k" is close enough.
> You mean like a Dutch g, do you?
. I think the ch is an "ach Laut" as in > "Loch Ness". Or am I wrong?
Sometimes the 'g' is the same as the 'ch', other times it takes different
forms (plantage - soft and Frenchy, Hengelo - like it looks, etc.).
miguel
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Aug 24th 2003, 6:28 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
"Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> "Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris,
>> >> which makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it
>> >> "skipple."
>> >
>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic
>> >difficulties of the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound
>> >more like "Schkipple."
> Say
>> >it five times, fast.
>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>> challenge.
>
> You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
>
>
>
Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
news:[email protected]:
>
> "Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris,
>> >> which makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it
>> >> "skipple."
>> >
>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic
>> >difficulties of the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound
>> >more like "Schkipple."
> Say
>> >it five times, fast.
>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>> challenge.
>
> You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
>
>
>
Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
Aug 24th 2003, 7:26 pm
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:42:44 +0100, "Mike O'Sullivan"
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>"Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> >> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>> >
>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
>> >the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple."
>Say
>> >it five times, fast.
>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>> challenge.
>You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
I think I'll need a spitoon for that.
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>"Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> >> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>> >
>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic difficulties of
>> >the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound more like "Schkipple."
>Say
>> >it five times, fast.
>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>> challenge.
>You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
I think I'll need a spitoon for that.
Aug 24th 2003, 7:28 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:28:34 GMT, jcoulter
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>"Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>
>> "Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> message news:[email protected]...
>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> >news:[email protected]...
>>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris,
>>> >> which makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it
>>> >> "skipple."
>>> >
>>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic
>>> >difficulties of the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound
>>> >more like "Schkipple."
>> Say
>>> >it five times, fast.
>>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>>> challenge.
>>
>> You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
>>
>>
>>
>Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
>pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
Don't hink so - IIRC Schengen is a town in Luxembourg?
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>>
>> "Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> message news:[email protected]...
>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> >news:[email protected]...
>>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris,
>>> >> which makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it
>>> >> "skipple."
>>> >
>>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic
>>> >difficulties of the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound
>>> >more like "Schkipple."
>> Say
>>> >it five times, fast.
>>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>>> challenge.
>>
>> You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
>>
>>
>>
>Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
>pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
Don't hink so - IIRC Schengen is a town in Luxembourg?
Aug 24th 2003, 7:33 pm
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:28:25 +0100, Keith Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:28:34 GMT, jcoulter
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>"Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>>
>>> "Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> message news:[email protected]...
>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> >news:[email protected]...
>>>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris,
>>>> >> which makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it
>>>> >> "skipple."
>>>> >
>>>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic
>>>> >difficulties of the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound
>>>> >more like "Schkipple."
>>> Say
>>>> >it five times, fast.
>>>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>>>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>>>> challenge.
>>>
>>> You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
>>pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
>Don't hink so - IIRC Schengen is a town in Luxembourg?
Yes - for once my memory didn't let me down.
http://www.2hwy.com/lu/s/schengen.htm
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:28:34 GMT, jcoulter
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>"Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>>
>>> "Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> message news:[email protected]...
>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:01:28 -0400, "Tom Bellhouse"
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >"whitey fjord" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> >news:[email protected]...
>>>> >> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris,
>>>> >> which makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it
>>>> >> "skipple."
>>>> >
>>>> >The "sch" is close to "schk" --- only one of the phonetic
>>>> >difficulties of the "Nederlands taal." That makes Schiphol sound
>>>> >more like "Schkipple."
>>> Say
>>>> >it five times, fast.
>>>> OK - just one packet of tissues used up for that little exercise. I
>>>> will have to buy more for the "Acht en tachtig prachtige graachten"
>>>> challenge.
>>>
>>> You can limber up on "Scheveningen"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
>>pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
>Don't hink so - IIRC Schengen is a town in Luxembourg?
Yes - for once my memory didn't let me down.
http://www.2hwy.com/lu/s/schengen.htm
Aug 24th 2003, 7:33 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
"Keith Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:28:34 GMT, jcoulter
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
> >pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
> Don't hink so - IIRC Schengen is a town in Luxembourg?
Yes.
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:28:34 GMT, jcoulter
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Which brings us back to Schengen and why everyone insists that it is
> >pronounced "shen-gun" Isn't is a Dutch word?
> Don't hink so - IIRC Schengen is a town in Luxembourg?
Yes.
Aug 24th 2003, 7:34 pm
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Re: How do you pronounce "Schiphol"
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>
Let me just point out that it takes an american at least 5 years
practice before they ever get it right.
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[email protected] says...
> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>
Let me just point out that it takes an american at least 5 years
practice before they ever get it right.
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Met vriendelijke groeten/Best regards
Jeroen Wijnands
http://spam.pagina.nl
Aug 24th 2003, 7:36 pm
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:34:42 +0200, jeroen <[email protected]>
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>>
>Let me just point out that it takes an american at least 5 years
>practice before they ever get it right.
I was told to get plenty of practice with the "g" in God verd.......
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>> as in the airport of Amsterdam. I was on the train from Paris, which
>> makes a stop there, and I could swear they pronounced it "skipple."
>>
>Let me just point out that it takes an american at least 5 years
>practice before they ever get it right.
I was told to get plenty of practice with the "g" in God verd.......