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Freekuently Asked Question: The not uncommon dutch name "Freek" is pronounced "Frrrake" (with a Spanish-style "r" as in "burro"). Don't worry, I'm not fussy about this: over the years abroad I have also learned to respond to "Frank", "Fred", "Vague", "Flake", "Flag", "Freoch", "Greek", and "Freak" (actually, in Britain, an institute where I worked addressed letters to me as "Dr. Freak", though at the time I was neither. In Japan on the other hand, people do much better at spelling my name correctly. Contrary to the well-known English meaning, the original lesser-known Dutch meaning is "powerful protector". For completeness: "Stulp" means "humble abode".