What exactly do think 'oe' sounds like?'Cos I don't think it sounds like what you think it sounds like.
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J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot,
Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:47,
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No Dutch vowels sound like they're supposed to sound like. Gaelic, too.Thur leffing op thor slaaaves it oos.
eg "Dirk Kuyt".
Without BBC help, an entire country of 60-odd million people would still be struggling to get remotely near the proper pronunciation. Who knew? Or even guessed?
(eg "Dirk Kuyt".
Without BBC help, an entire country of 60-odd million people would still be struggling to get remotely near the proper pronunciation. Who knew? Or even guessed?
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:50,
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The one that always gets the tourists is:'t Spui.
No-one ever gets it right. That and 's-Hertogenbosch.
:)
(No-one ever gets it right. That and 's-Hertogenbosch.
:)
J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot,
Fri 26 Feb 2010, 13:58,
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The first thing I ever did in a forrin countrywas get on a bus.
An old lady moved out of the way of my clumsy backpack. I said "Alstublieft".
She was delighted. No Englishman she'd ever come across had even bothered trying a word of Dutch in her whole life, she said. In perfect English. (Not that I was an angel, though. I was, and remain, a drunk tit)
I still find it hard to comprehend Dutch vowels, though.
(An old lady moved out of the way of my clumsy backpack. I said "Alstublieft".
She was delighted. No Englishman she'd ever come across had even bothered trying a word of Dutch in her whole life, she said. In perfect English. (Not that I was an angel, though. I was, and remain, a drunk tit)
I still find it hard to comprehend Dutch vowels, though.
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Fri 26 Feb 2010, 14:05,
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