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From: tnichola@nl.oracle.com (Tony Nicholas MPP)
Subject: Re: Scots and English (was: Re: Flemish and Dutch)
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Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:18:19 GMT
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Bruce R. Gilson (brg@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <18MAY199511581358@cc.weber.edu>,  <helliott@cc.weber.edu> wrote:
: >In article <D8rGGz.5FM@midway.uchicago.edu<, deb5@midway.uchicago.edu writes...
: ><In article <17MAY199508184980@cc.weber.eduall<,  <helliott@cc.weber.edu< wrote:
: ><[some deleted]
: >
: >I was not talking about spoken Dutch.  I only made reference
: >to Dutch natives speaking English (and speaking it quite well).
: >The accent I am referring to is so slight that it is the
: >only one I have heard that can be misinterpreted as a
: >regional varient of native American English, rather than as
: >a "foreign accent" of a non-native speaker.
: >
: >
: ><People in the States are most likely to mistake a Dutch accent for a
: ><Southern English one.
: ><-- 
: ><	 Daniel "Da" von Brighoff    /\     
: >
: >
: >Haven't heard that one before, and I can't say I have
: >noticed any similarity.  Also, very few Americans can
: >distinguish between regional accents in Britain.
: >


Could it also be possible that a lot ot Dutch people are thought the Queen's English in school and therefore aquire a Southern English accent ?

Tony.   
