possible issues with conversion from gmsh

Mentioned in the cfd-online forum https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-meshing/213553-meshing-error-bad-token-could-not-get-word.html by user Dewi Madden.

• could be an OpenFOAM parsing issue,
• or a syntax change in gmsh format
• bad input,
• other

Diagnosis awaiting a file or two...