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Well, actually German doesn't pronounce initial v as w but the other way around: 
German initial w is pronounced as v.  German initial v is like English f, so
that German "viel" sounds like English "feel" (except that the vowel and final l
aren't really the same). The Dutch initial v also tends towards f but not so
strongly;  it is half-way between English v and English f:  William Shetter's
"Dutch: An Essential Grammar" states that Dutch v "Resembles Eng. v except that
the voicing does not begin immediately;  it thus stands between Eng. v and Dutch
f."

        Nina Garrett

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Subject: #8903 anybody who knows Dutch?

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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