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    Quote Originally Posted by Toppo900 View Post
    Sounds unique to me in contrast to other Germanic languages. My first video when I first heard the Dutch language:


    Yeah, I know that it's a skit, but it's very funny, lol.
    This is Dutch but not Dutch-Dutch - it's Belgian Dutch (the more, officially, spoken standard form of Flemish).



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    Quote Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker View Post




    The old man speaks West-Frisian (Noord-Holland)
    The vowel sounds reminds me of northern English.
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    very guttural and throaty, of all the germanic languages, i like the sound of swedish & norwegian most.

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    nectar for my ears

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    It has always sounded like a simplified version of German being spoken with an American accent to me

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