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> Pronunciation: in Dutch, the "G" in Guido is a hard G, pronounced roughly like the "ch" in Scottish "loch". (Listen to the sound clip.) It was kind of him to
by eminence32 5y ago
> Pronunciation: in Dutch, the "G" in Guido is a hard G, pronounced roughly like the "ch" in Scottish "loch". (Listen to the sound clip.)
It was kind of him to offer these types of hints for me, a speaker of American English. But honestly after listening to the audio clip, I still have no idea how "Guido" is pronounced in Dutch :)
- bruce343434 5y agoHint: He's saying "Mijn naam is Guido van Rossum en ik doe Woody Woodpecker na [woody woodpecker impression]"
- Fnoord 5y agoYou can just use a soft 'g' if you want. Some accents in Dutch use the soft 'g' almost exclusively, including for the name Guido. Case in point: I was born & raised in an area with soft 'g' and live in an area with hard 'g'. I can use both, but prefer my natural accent (where I was raised). People understand me here, despite them using the hard 'g', and I understand them as well. I wouldn't worry about it.
- robador 5y agoI don't think English speakers know what the soft g is, I wouldn't know how to explain what it sounds like in writing, like, between a g and h sound? I believe further south in West-vlaanderen the g is pronounced as an h, and the h isn't pronounced at al :-). Incidentally I'm also from an area with a soft g, and live in an area with a hard g. I never bothered with the hard g, so people always ask, 'oh, you're from Brabant?'. Yes, yes indeed
- Fnoord 5y agoIts pretty easy to explain with two examples, like good or gift (soft g) and choreography or chorizo (hard g). Then, with these examples, imagine that a soft g speaker (almost) exclusively uses the soft g, and imagine a hard g speaker (almost) exclusively uses the hard g. You can recognize a soft g or hard g speaker after one or two sentences (also given the fact there's other characteristics of these two distinct groups such as slang, sound of r, ...).