Comments on: Shibboleths as Spoken Cultural Passwords http://www.thejanuarist.com/shibboleths-as-spoken-cultural-passwords/ PAST vs PRESENT Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Dan Zambonini http://www.thejanuarist.com/shibboleths-as-spoken-cultural-passwords/#comment-359 Dan Zambonini Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:26:04 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=640#comment-359 @Nick thank you for the turkey information. @Lloyd Typical of the Dutch to use the name of a nudist beach. @Nick thank you for the turkey information.

@Lloyd Typical of the Dutch to use the name of a nudist beach.

]]> By: Lloyd Morgan http://www.thejanuarist.com/shibboleths-as-spoken-cultural-passwords/#comment-357 Lloyd Morgan Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:11:16 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=640#comment-357 Perfect timing, Dan. I've spent the last few weeks in the Netherlands and my girlfriend has taken great pleasure in getting me to pronounce <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheveningen" rel="nofollow">Scheveningen</a>—<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shibboleths#Dutch_-_German" rel="nofollow">a Dutch shibboleth</a> used in WWII to weed out Nazi spies. Now I can find some to get revenge. Perfect timing, Dan.

I’ve spent the last few weeks in the Netherlands and my girlfriend has taken great pleasure in getting me to pronounce Scheveningen—a Dutch shibboleth used in WWII to weed out Nazi spies.

Now I can find some to get revenge.

]]> By: Nick http://www.thejanuarist.com/shibboleths-as-spoken-cultural-passwords/#comment-355 Nick Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:05:03 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=640#comment-355 There's an episode of the West Wing called 'Shibboleth', in which the word shibboleth is the, er, shibboleth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth_%28The_West_Wing%29 Also, the President conscripts a turkey. There’s an episode of the West Wing called ‘Shibboleth’, in which the word shibboleth is the, er, shibboleth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth_%28The_West_Wing%29
Also, the President conscripts a turkey.

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