This was used in an episode of west wing to determine if someone was faking a religion or not.
Jason Powell
· 2 years ago
"...and based on the response you can tell whether the person is part of the secret club or not..."
I think it's more specific to say, "based on the delivery of the response."
Daniel Miessler
· 2 years ago
Good point -- fixed now. :)
Steven G. Harms
· 2 years ago
I learned about another practical instance of this when I was learning Dutch.
There is a famous beach near The Hague ( Den Haag or des Gravenhage, has 'twas known in days of yore ) called Scheveningen.
The syllable of that Sch is unique to Dutch, it's a rolling gutteral and is markedly different from the Sch sound in German ( which is like Sh in the English word Sheep ).
Thus, similar to the WW reference above, Scheveningen was a shibboleth during WWII to identify Germans from Dutchmen.
Being a studious-minded guy I managed to get the phoneme before my departure. It really gets the ol' Vollmer bone buzzing.
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I think it's more specific to say, "based on the delivery of the response."
There is a famous beach near The Hague ( Den Haag or des Gravenhage, has 'twas known in days of yore ) called Scheveningen.
The syllable of that Sch is unique to Dutch, it's a rolling gutteral and is markedly different from the Sch sound in German ( which is like Sh in the English word Sheep ).
Thus, similar to the WW reference above, Scheveningen was a shibboleth during WWII to identify Germans from Dutchmen.
Being a studious-minded guy I managed to get the phoneme before my departure. It really gets the ol' Vollmer bone buzzing.