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On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:24:51 +0100, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>> No and it is considered pretentious to pronounce French words, that are used in
>> English, as they are pronounced in France.
>
>Funny that. Try pronouncing a French or English word here as if it is
>Dutch and see how people react. In fact as a Dutch person you are
>assumed to know which words come from which language and change
>pronunciation rules in midsentence as required.
I know. I once heard a woman use three languages in one sentence at Eindhoven
railway station. French, Dutch and English.
>Only words that have
>been incorporated in the language for a long time get assimilated
>somewhat. We do write 'buro' nowadays and not 'bureau', but I have yet
>to see a newspaper write 'kompjoeter', unless for humoristic affect.
>
I like the Dutch sense of humour
.
>> For instance Paris is not "Paree", filet is fill-et etc.
>Paris is not a good example as we do have a Dutch word for it: 'Parijs',
>with a 'ij' vowel that you nor a French person can pronounce correctly.
Probably true :)
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Regards
Stephen
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