--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Need <[log in to unmask]> --- >DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:mime-version:in-reply-to :references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from :subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=jQoh0DfSfi/T2wfQos+h6jyujQ2rgcnOva6xByX2YQc=; b=kP9+uYO7ywEG5ioNd2YPDsMfgm6n9mRZQf3DeGVWtjrtGp9dRB4soyngACAYNXyEHO jmWgu2Zo1Z0aXw/8zR6DJuongrCTSDgfZusHaqxZ4+i+4fCIws6ZZ/5jFDEeL2HZtFQ2 NNym/PKW4iULWU8JE7q0NDpW75CxRmsl+P1bE= >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=q2AmnxZyAN7cwySO1kmavw3KQsUoklJVWWRVRJGodH00Cu1U6VJO0ryMc8nix0H7vo hYB/4WUoQ3biRh6mCAnQH9re+BweFtk+sExDdyfs2mSEoSzS8q+XsaBVpvBEb8mtV62p H7nFY+xN4wj8QQAN3cpboD00JV8QsOKgbonIo= >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >From: Barbara Need <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8903 anybody who knows Dutch? >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:32:17 -0500 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> [v@r'mir], @ represents schwa. Barbara Need Chicago On 31 Jul 2008, at 8:01, LLTI-Editor wrote: > 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 > > [log in to unmask] > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning Technology (http://iallt.org/), and The > Consortium for > Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > ***********************************************