Re: "Roumant", or whatever it may be called. Part V

Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> writes:

> Well, personally I like Dutch very much (and it's not only because it's my
> boyfriend's L1 :) ) while I dislike (a euphemism to say: I hate) German. Dutch
> is kind of softer, making it nicer to my ears.
Ah!  German is very nice! :-)

`Stachelrochen' ['Staxl=,ROxn=] isn't that nice?

(How do you write syllabic consonants as ASCII?  I put a = behind.)

But I like Dutch, too.  It is very funny when you are used to German.
I don't think Dutch is softer: have you heard a Dutsch from the north
(e.g. Groningen) say `Geef me en goede gids over gevels een grachten?'
['xe:f m@ @n 'xu:j@ 'xIts ov@x 'xe:vl=s En 'xRaxt@(n)]?

[xR] is a *very* strange and nice initial. :-)

**Henrik