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Re: Phonology

From:Maarten van Beek <dungeonmaster@...>
Date:Friday, April 26, 2002, 16:19
> Van: Christophe Grandsire > Onderwerp: Re: Phonology > > Well, as I explained to Irina, I have three unrelated sources to back up
what I
> know on ABN. Should be enough shouldn't it? (especially since I can't
believe i
> would have gotten three misleading sources which happen to agree with each
other). Well, the number of sources that say A is not relevant, since if ten times as many sources say B, then I think B is "more true" than A. I know three sources who say [x] is standard: Irina, Jan and me (and my mother, who happens to have a degree in Dutch langfuage and literature and she teaches Dutch).
> > NB: Great, one thread added to the growing family of threads ending up
in a
> > discussion about Dutch :))) > > Indeed! It's getting more an more frequent :)) . Are the Dutch slowly
taking
> over the world? (not that I would mind, it would probably improve it :)) )
Slowly? What do you mean slowly? We spread like vermin! But I agree the world would be the better for it... of not, I would have migrated long time ago. Maarten