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Re: [wEr\ Ar\ ju: fr6m] ?

From:Almaran Dungeonmaster <dungeonmaster@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 7, 2001, 23:19
> Definitely Hollands dialect group :))) . Due to my boyfriend's > influence, I > speak more Brabants :) , with definitely /v/ for 'v', and final 'n' still > pronounced when the following word begins with a vowel. Well, at least you > don't pronounce 'ij' /aj/ :)) .
Oh, I do... but then my mom(who teaches Dutch) threatens to throw me out if I don't speak more civilized than that. My little brother's name is "Gijs", which should be pronounced /xEis/, but which I tend to pronounce /xa:is/. Then, it almost sounds like "gajes" /'xa:j@s/, meaning "rifraf". Maarten

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Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <irina@...>
Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Robert Hailman <robert@...>Very cool names. (was: Re: [wEr\ Ar\ ju: fr6m] ?)