and then kindly schooled me in the tricky art of mastering Dutch gutturalisms.

Ouch! I bet that hurt, Max. I was in Holland for some weeks a few years ago, and because I'd learned German, I pronounced most of the names in the German manner (with the limitations of my ability to speak German, too). I got some very old-fashioned looks, particularly when I was in the eastern part of the country. I think I was weeded out as a German spy - until they heard my German!


The idiot also known as Capfka ...