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.