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From: phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin)
Subject: Re: Netherlandish ("Dutch") for German-speakers?
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 07:34:06 GMT
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In article <3g3pg7$52q@mordred.gatech.edu>,
The Mighty Fez <john.butler@gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:
>Hi.  I've taken three intense years of German here at college and
>was wondering if there was a course available to Americans to
>teach German-speakers Netherlandish.  I'm able to decipher quite
>a bit, but I'm unfamiliar with the particulars of pronunciation and
>intonation.

It's pretty difficult.  Spend some time in Holland; you'll
find that your German speaking skills are practically useless
for either speaking or understanding spoken Dutch.  You have
learn the new set of sounds etc.  It is true that deciphering
written Dutch is not too hard if you know German.
