Wednesday, March 5, 2008

More About The Dutch "r"

I forgot to mention in my previous post that the Dutch "r" can also be a velar fricative when it is post-vocalic as in the word "sterk" meaning strong. When it is pronounced in this way, it sounds like the "ch" in the name Bach.

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