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Re: Zeg het in het Nederlands (4.00 / 2)

I recall a couple of Amsterdam Dutch folks trying to teach me that glottal g-sound - they thought I was hilarious!

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by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 08:16:15 AM EST
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And Leeuwenhoek, too. (none / 1)

Reminds me of this page which discusses how to pronounce "Huygens", the physicist. It includes an audio file with examples from several speakers. I would have never guessed at the pronunciation. Very very interesting.

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by Kaitlin on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 08:40:04 AM EST
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Cassini - Huygens :: a diary must read (none / 0)

HUYGENS sends first Titan images

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by Oui on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 01:36:00 PM EST
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Re: Zeg het in het Nederlands (none / 0)

I've been trying to learn the g sound the past few weeks and can't get it right. Aren't there any dialects of Dutch which make it easier? Is there any way I can sort of cheat with my g's?

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by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 10:03:48 AM EST
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Practise, Practise makes perfect -- Gee (none / 0)

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Look under : Spelling G .
G "a sound like you make when you clear your throat to spit"
geel, legen, leggen, deeg, heg (ca 25K)

[En: yellow, to empty v, to lay v, dough, hedge]

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by Oui on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 01:17:00 PM EST
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Re: Practise, Practise makes perfect -- Gee (none / 1)

I was afraid someone would say that. :-)

I once read somewhere that during the war the Dutch would ask suspicious persons to pronounce Scheveningen to prove their Dutchness.

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by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 01:31:28 PM EST
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