Re: Dutch R

 --- Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> Well, to atttribute language change to laziness and
> carelessness is a bit silly. Anyone's language is
> the product of that 'carelessness' and 'laziness' --
> even your own pronounciation of 'ekwos' as 'paard'
> :-).
Okay, you are right, of course! Although I think there
is a slight contradiction between your two sentences
;)
By the way, I never said that 'carelessness' and
'laziness' in pronunciation are wrong (although you
sometimes hear kids who are completely
inunderstandable because of bad articulation), on the
contrary, I like our rich inventory in different
dialects and pronunciations...
I am no Pim Fortuyn who says that the whole world must
have one language, use the same words, and pronounce
them the same way :)))

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