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Learning Dutch (Pronouncing Belgian Beer, part 2)
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by Dominic Winsor
on 29 Mar 2005
Updated: 27 May 2006
You may know that I quite enjoy a Belgian beer now and then, I wouldn't say no to a nice glass of Tripel Karmeliet or a bottle of Trappist Westvleteren! But how to pronounce these (and countless others)? Further to my previous post on this topic I have found a simple introduction to the basics (and some of the difference between Dutch and Flemish) in the following sites - and what good is a dry text without some sound files to help things along - many of these sites have words and sounds to hear:
» Fun with Dutch, all you ever wanted to know about Dutch (and Flemish)
» Dutch spelling and pronunciation
» Exercises in Dutch spelling and pronunciation (The long and short of Dutch vowels)
» Dutch pronounced (examples, requests)
» An englishman's difficulties with dutch
» The double-dutch glossary (fun!), les 'Faux Amis' - be sure of the right word!
On a related topic, english has a significant number of Dutch loan-words: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Dutch_origin
Updated 27 May 2006: Reformatted and updated links after spending a few days working on Anglo-Dutch relations at Usability week 2006 ;-)