LL-L: "Phonology" LOWLANDS-L, 16.NOV.1999 (07) [E]

[Lowlands-L Administrator]

 ========================================================================
 L O W L A N D S - L * 16.NOV.1999 (07) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
 Posting Address: <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>
 Web Site: <http://www.geocities.com/~sassisch/rhahn//lowlands/>
 User's Manual: <http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html>
 =========================================================================
 A=Afrikaans, Ap=Appalachean, D=Dutch, E=English, F=Frisian, L=Limburgish
 LS=Low Saxon (Low German), S=Scots, Sh=Shetlandic
 =========================================================================
 You have received this because your account has been subscribed upon
 request. To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l"
 as message text from the same account to
 <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or sign off at
 <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
 =========================================================================

From: gvanmoor at aoc.nrao.edu
Subject:  LL-L: "Phonology" LOWLANDS-L, 16.NOV.1999 (04) [E]

John Feather wrote:

> As regards Dutch "v" I have not been convinced by the previous attempts to
> describe it, and for me it's a softened /v/ rather than a softened /f/.

For me as a native speaker of Dutch it is fascinating how a letter
I always considered to be quite ordinary can evoke such different
reactions.  I remember on my first visit to Denmark with my parents
(long, long ago) how my father stressed to us we should pronounce
the 'v' in Vejle as a 'w', and at the time I had a hard time under-
standing how the Danes could be so confused.

On the same subject, is the 'v' in Dutch unique, or does this pron-
unciation exist in other languages as well?  What about Afrikaans?

Gustaaf

==================================END======================================
 * Please submit contributions to <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>.
 * Contributions will be displayed unedited in digest form.
 * Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
 * Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
   to be sent to <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or at
   <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
 * Please use only Plain Text format, not Rich Text (HTML) or any other
   type of format, in your submissions
 =========================================================================