[digital_roby]

's-Hertogenbosch

how to pronounce?

 

[irma]

sertogenbos

 

[Nina]

do you pronounce the last letters as S or Sh?

 

[irma]

as in boss

 

[Nina]

thanks, I've pronounced it wrong

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

Just call it Rosmalen
makes life alot easier

 

[digital_roby]

even seen the x-files, one episode tells "h" is always silent in Dutch

 

[Upper Goddess]

Not true, digital_roby. We do pronounce our h's, just not when it's preceeded by 's.

 

[digital_roby]

thanks! But does 's-Hertogenbosch have any meaning? Where is it in the Netherlands? Hewitt once won the ATP there, didn't he?

 

[King Aaron]

Thanks irma!

lol at Eggy!

 

[irma]

it means the the wood of the duke. oh well that's my free translation, don't know the backgrounds

it's in Brabant. that's lying in the souther part of the netherlands

 

[Nina]

thanks! But does 's-Hertogenbosch have any meaning? Where is it in the Netherlands? Hewitt once won the ATP there, didn't he?

he did