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Subject: Re: Swiss happy to use English occasionally Posted on: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:24:26 +0100

James Silverton:

> However in my experience,
> the most likely mainland country to find someone who would use
> English is Holland but, not wishing to be sarcastic, who speaks
> Dutch but Dutch people and some Belgians? More's the pity, I
> could get to like the language even if some of the vowel sounds
> are a challenge :-)

You're absolutely right.

I have never heard a non-native dutch speaking person pronouce something
like:
"'s Morgens fluitend schaatsen vanuit IJmuiden om 's avonds
eindelijk te schrobben in 's Gravenhage"
correctly...not even those who completed their Advanced Masters in Dutch.

OK. Try it! :-)