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Hab schon den computer ausgeschaltet bin am Telefon mach ich morgen.Originally Posted by Teutone
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As a native-Dutch speaker (which is very close to German):
https://vocaroo.com/i/s0R2srG6eNf8
https://vocaroo.com/i/s0ilVqvcN4xh
Wake up and smell the coffee.
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haha. now you are just showing off. ;D
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Not really. It's because our textbooks used to be British, TV and films - were also influenced by Britain.
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Squirrel was 100% correct. The "Massachusetts" sounded slightly British. Maybe it's easier because Dutch is like a bridge between German and English (cf. 12th century Anglic).
Only butthurted clowns minuses my posts. -- Лиссиы
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But there is something the Germans can't pronounce: the good-old fashioned Dutch Sch. Which is a combination of a hard S and a hard G. In 1940 it was actually used as a shibboleth. Unfortunately, there is a group of Dutch (Limburgers) that also have problems with it and would pronounce it the German way..
Na, meine Herren, sag mal Scheveningen !
(The conversation goes something like this:
Soldier 1: "Halt.. what do you want ?!"
Guus: "We're here to enlist as volunteers !"
Soldiers 1: "Ach, you're nuts ! F...ck off, man !"
Guus: "Come on, let us pass !"
Soldier 2: "We're boche ! Boche in disguise !"
Erik: "We're Hollanders !"
Soldier 1: "Put your hands up ! You (point at Guus) too !"
Soldier 3: "You have to make them say Sch, Boche can't prounce Sch".
Guus: "Scheveningen, Scheveningen" (clear standard pronunciation)
Soldier: "Same to you !" (pointing at Erik)
Erik: "Scheveningen, Scheveningen !"
Guus: "Schele schoonmoeder ("squinting mother-in-law")
Erik: "Sch, sch, you c*nt !"
Soldier 1: "Alright, let them pass !"
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I think we're pretty much the stepping stone. Dutch also have problems pronouncing certain things in standard German and for Germans their accent is quite marked when they speak Dutch.
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One spy would have gotten right passed our defences !The Sch is correct - it's just the word ending which was .. almost English.
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In Rheinland we use the Dutch "Ch" and "Sch" way.One spy would have gotten right passed our defences !
Instead of sag mal, we say sach mal.
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