Re: Dissimilation of gW/kWVw to gVw/kVw

From: tgpedersen
Message: 37433
Date: 2005-04-28

> [Much of this appears to be present in part or in whole in Danish
and
> Swedish.]

Erh, OK.

>
> These facts come in useful if one needs to counter two idées
reçues
> that are widespread among speakers of Dutch:
>
>
> (1) It is fairly easy to learn to speak a foreign language
perfectly.
>
>
> (2) Dutch is simple.
Helemaal niet.

I don't think the Dutch appreciate how interestingly weird they are.


Torsten