Re: reformed Welsh Spelling - comments?
From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
Date: | Saturday, December 6, 2003, 18:31 |
Quoting Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>:
> En réponse à Andreas Johansson :
>
>
> >I thought Dutch had [x]?
>
> [x] in the North and [G] in the South. I've heard things sounding like [X],
> but it usually corresponded to /r/ rather than /x/... Some Flemish dialects
> seem sometimes to have something like [R] for /x/ though, if my ear doesn't
> fail me too much :))) .
>
> > - I seem to recall hearing that when I was there, at
> >least. Dialects again, perhaps, or my ears not being as sharp as they
> should.
>
> No, your ear was correct. [x] and [G] are the common pronunciations indeed.
Encouraging to hear! Thanks.
Andreas