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For the English words used in Dutch, do you use Dutch pronunciation, even if the word is spelled the same? We all know how Dutch people like to pronounce their

• arp242 6y ago
  It depends a bit on the person and word, but for most technical terms I'd say it's quite close to the English (other loanwords: a bit less so; my favourite example is "halve zool" ("half sole") which is a way to call someone a fool or idiot; which is adapted from the Britsh "arsehole"). > We all know how Dutch people like to pronounce their Gs :) This depends on the regional accent; the south (and Belgium) has a "soft G", whereas the north (including Amsterdam, for example) has a "hard G". This is a nice video on the topic with some examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNOebbyUgI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNOebbyUgI4 The "R" is also less hard in southern Dutch. Basically, it sounds a bit more like French rather than Klingon :-)