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Re: VW (was: Digest 2 Apr)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 14:33
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>I have the same problem when I hear the Dutch spoken by my boyfriend: the
sound
>transcribed in Dutch by <w> sounds in my boyfriend's mouth like [v] or [w] >depending on the word, and the strangest thing is that I usually get it the >other way round than him (that's to say, when I try to imitate him, if I
put a
>[v], he corrects me by making a [w], and vice-versa). Does Dutch use a >labiodental approximant for the letter <w>?>
Yes, according to the pronunciation guide in my Dutch-English dictionaryNo doubt the Rempts can confirm.