Rediscovering the Amsterdam Airport
Oct 31, 2012, 2:32 pm
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Rediscovering the Amsterdam Airport
Now up in ASK THE PILOT:
A letter from Amsterdam-Schiphol. Rediscovering one of the world's friendliest airports.
Some cool photos too.
The full story is up on my home page:
http://www.askthepilot.com
Enjoy.
- Patrick
A letter from Amsterdam-Schiphol. Rediscovering one of the world's friendliest airports.
Some cool photos too.
The full story is up on my home page:
http://www.askthepilot.com
Enjoy.
- Patrick
Nov 4, 2012, 2:42 pm
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Nice story! Yes, AMS is a nice airport. I have recently been in LHR and ORD and the difference was staggering. One thing I like about AMS is that all gates are within walking distance (although it may be a long walk). Privium (eye scan passport control) is fast and pretty cool too. AMS even has free showers post customs, accessible to all transfer passengers (bring your own towel - and flip flops if you are concerned about athlete's foot).
BTW: the pronounciation of the CH in Schiphol is not a K but the same CH as in Loch Ness.
BTW: the pronounciation of the CH in Schiphol is not a K but the same CH as in Loch Ness.
Nov 6, 2012, 7:19 am
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Nov 15, 2012, 6:57 am
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Nice story! Yes, AMS is a nice airport. I have recently been in LHR and ORD and the difference was staggering. One thing I like about AMS is that all gates are within walking distance (although it may be a long walk). Privium (eye scan passport control) is fast and pretty cool too. AMS even has free showers post customs, accessible to all transfer passengers (bring your own towel - and flip flops if you are concerned about athlete's foot).
BTW: the pronounciation of the CH in Schiphol is not a K but the same CH as in Loch Ness.
BTW: the pronounciation of the CH in Schiphol is not a K but the same CH as in Loch Ness.
I'm not hearing a difference: http://www.forvo.com/word/schiphol/
Nov 18, 2012, 6:08 pm
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I hear the CH in Schiphol as that noise one makes when one clears one's throat or gargles, a German consonant or a Hebrew consonant. I can speak a bit of Hebrew and a bit of German, so I can pronounce Schiphol "correctly." I'm awful at Dutch, though.
I referred to the run from a BOS-AMS flight to an AMS-CDG flight leaving at the other side of the airport as the Schiphol Slalom.
I referred to the run from a BOS-AMS flight to an AMS-CDG flight leaving at the other side of the airport as the Schiphol Slalom.
Nov 30, 2012, 6:53 pm
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Airport Pronunciations
All right, so ignoring Schiphol for a moment, how do you pronounce "La Guardia?"
Do you say it, "La-Gwardia", or with the hard "g" and silent "u", as in the word "guard." La-guard-ia?
And what other examples of controversial airport pronunciations are out there?
Wait, I know the answer: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi.
I say it's "So-wanna-poom."
-- Patrick Smith
Do you say it, "La-Gwardia", or with the hard "g" and silent "u", as in the word "guard." La-guard-ia?
And what other examples of controversial airport pronunciations are out there?
Wait, I know the answer: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi.
I say it's "So-wanna-poom."
-- Patrick Smith