Re: *oy vey*

En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:

>
> Theoretically, "f" is unvoiced, "w" is voiced, and "v"
> is somewhere in the middle.
Rather, in Standard Dutch and Southern dialects, f is a voiceless labiodental
fricative, v is a voiced labiodental fricative and w is a voiced labiodental
*approximant*.

 Practically, the "v"
> usually merges with one of the other two. Like Dirk's
> mother, my pronunciation is rather like /f/, since my
> Dutch was spoiled by living 13 years in Amsterdam :)
>
My Dutch is spoiled by the Brabants pronunciation of my friend :)) . Luckily,
it's one of the softest you can find :)) .

> BTW, it's remarkable how many threads end up in a
> discussion about the Dutch language :)))
>
Indeed! As I said, it's seems to be fashionable currently :)) (or maybe the
number of active members knowing Dutch in some way or another is quite
high :)) ).

Christophe.

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