Re: dutch ipa

Obliquely relevant, but have a look anyway. See how the Dutch explain
(British) English in IPA:

http://suzsoiz.free.fr/dutch.jpg

The scan is from an old 1950 "van Goor's Engels Zakwoordenboek" . I find
the use of _'s_ a bit odd. How common is that in Dutch? I've heard of the
use of postposed _z'n_ (zijn) or _d'r_ (haar) to accompish something
similar to English _'s_, but haven't seen _'s_ itself. I need to study more
Dutch.
I also find the word "kaakopening" hilarious. Sorry.

M

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