I have just finished the popular survey of trade in the
seventeenth century, particularly trade between Holland and
China, in the book "Vermeer's Hat."

The title refers to a hat in Vermeer's painting "The
Laughing Girl." If you know Dutch, can you tell me whether
the Dutch language follows the German pronunciation of
initial "v" as "w"? How would one write Vermeer's name
phonetically in Dutch?

Just curious.

 

Many thanks

 

John Robin Allen

 

Priddis, Alberta

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