Re: Phonology
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 26, 2002, 11:52 |
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En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:
>
> I must frankly admit, that I *am* a northerner. My pronunciation is [x],
> indeed.
> But don't teach me ABN, because I am sufficiently informed about it to
> know,
> that standard pronunciation of the Dutch |g| *is* [x]. Besides, ABN is
> based
> upon north-western pronunciation almost exclusively.
>
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, you could be right here. Perhaps it's just my northerner's
> perception.
> Probably I'm spoiled by my best friend, who is a Limburger, and whose
> Dutch is
> full of palatal fricatives ;)
>
Well, I've already heard some Limburgs, and it's quite different from other
dialects. So it's possible.
>
> 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 :)) )
Christophe.
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