Godfather was Walloon, ex-roommate was Flemish. Very different accents when speaking English - my godfather sounded like a French person, the Flemish roommate c

Godfather was Walloon, ex-roommate was Flemish. Very different accents when speaking English - my godfather sounded like a French person, the Flemish roommate could be mistaken for a Scandinavian ... also notable that he sounded nothing like a Dutch person, who in my experience have very good British or North American "clean" accents.