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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