Post by Queen on Sept 11, 2018 10:47:41 GMT -5
Update on accents.
If I speak Dutch in the Netherlands, a Dutch person knows I'm a non-Dutch speaker almost immediately. Most will hear an English accent.
If I speak Dutch in Belgium, the Belgians hear the Dutch accent and think I'm Dutch - for quite a while.
I think once they hear the Dutch accent they stop listening for anything else though, I'm sure the English accent is still there. Might test it on a multi lingual Belgian colleague who can switch his English from British to American to Sth African...
If I speak Dutch in the Netherlands, a Dutch person knows I'm a non-Dutch speaker almost immediately. Most will hear an English accent.
If I speak Dutch in Belgium, the Belgians hear the Dutch accent and think I'm Dutch - for quite a while.
I think once they hear the Dutch accent they stop listening for anything else though, I'm sure the English accent is still there. Might test it on a multi lingual Belgian colleague who can switch his English from British to American to Sth African...
