Re: [tied] Other IE language with /w/

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:54:04 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
>> The native language of the Surinam creoles (blacks) is
>> Sranan Tongo, a creole based on English. It has /w/, and so
>> does the Dutch spoken in Surinam. This has nothing to do
>> with earlier Dutch pronunciation.
>>
>
>Because ... ?

Because the fat that my parents pronounce Dutch <b>, <w> and
<v> as [B] says nothing about Dutch pronunciation in the
fifties/sixties.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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