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From: ilonakd@ripco.com (Ilona Koren-Deutsch)
Subject: Re: Scots and English (was: Re: Flemish and Dutch)
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In article <11MAY199514133135@cc.weber.edu>,  <helliott@cc.weber.edu> wrote:


>In the US we frequently mistake people speaking English with
>a Dutch accent for natives of New Jersey or Manhatten.
>Interesting parallel.
>
>HME


Where in the US are you from?  I don't know anybody Dutch who speaks English
that badly, nor have I confused the different accents.  (Incidentally,
people from New Jersey and Manhattan have different accents from each
other.)

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