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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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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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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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