"WHEN THE FOOTBALL TEAM AJAX"-AN AMSTERDAM-based soccer team formerly owned by Jews [and pronounced Ayyaks]--"runs out onto the field in Utrecht, the home-team fans in the stadium greet them with a great sssssssssssssssssssssssssss sound."
My host was responding to a question I had asked. Booing the visiting team seemed to me like a normal act of gaming opposition. I was obviously not getting the point.
"No," she said. "They're mimicking the sound of the gas hissing into the ...