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Re: UK gets a raw deal again
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Date: 
Wed, 3 Jul 2002 23:25:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ronald Vallenduuk writes:
What's so great about Leiden? The only reason I live here is because of the
international school in Leiderdorp that our daughter goes to. But I can't
wait to leave Leiden behind me again. Do you know it's got the lowest
average IQ in the country? And that includes all the students at the famous
university...

   Leiden just happens to be where I lived while on research.  Are
   you not Dutch (the international school)?  The surname implies
   Dutchness.  :)

   I didn't mind living in southwestern Leiden, but I lived north
   of Leiden-CS and that was less pleasant.  Maybe I should have
   lived in Katwijk, which I rather liked a great deal.

   (Never been to Limerick, though.)

   LFB



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  Re: UK gets a raw deal again
 
(...) Or South Africaness/Boerness ;-) Pedro (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: UK gets a raw deal again
 
Your right. Although the original name is french (Valenduc) the spelling was changed when some Hugenots moved to Holland a few centuries ago. My better half is from Limerick though, so we'd like our kids to be bilingual, hence the international (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: UK gets a raw deal again
 
What's so great about Leiden? The only reason I live here is because of the international school in Leiderdorp that our daughter goes to. But I can't wait to leave Leiden behind me again. Do you know it's got the lowest average IQ in the country? (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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