9 ways to sound Dutch - the Dutch accent in English
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Published 2023-06-22
All Comments (21)
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Sorry about the spelling of Klanken. Thanks to everyone who pointed that out.
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As a native Dutchman this was the first time I watched a video from you and at first I really thought you were some goofy Dutch vlogger with a 'bad' English pronunciation. Only until you made the conversation with (obviously) yourself in the hotel reception desk I realized that you are actually a real English speaker. This was so entertaining and informative to watch! #subscribed
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The last time I was in Amsterdam, I was at a restaurant and a waiter was so cordial and polite. His English was flawless, but he did encounter a problem at dessert time. He was trying to describe a cake they had on offer--but he couldn't think of the English word to describe the frosting on this cake, so I asked him for the Dutch word. He said, "Well, in Dutch, we call it marzipan." I laughed and said, "I can help you. In English, we call it marzipan!" He got a good laugh, too.
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I'm a native Dutch speaker living abroad. Your Dutch pronunciation is spot on. Even some of us Dutch enjoy exaggerating the Dutch accent, as it can be amusing. It took me some time to get rid of the Dutch 's' (sh-sound), as it sounded very "thick". Now, when speaking, I'm usually mistaken for Canadian. Interestingly, Dutch and English share many similar words, but they sometimes have completely different meanings, which can create some hilarious sentences!
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1:29 - it looks like you've managed to do what John Cleese couldn't, and written a new episode of Fawlty Towers! 😂
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The intonation makes them sound enthusiastic and the fricatives make them sound angry. At the same time, all the time. Love it
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I was once experimenting with accents, and tried to do two accents at once, as in, what someone from the Netherlands might sound like if they tried to do a Scottish accent. What came out was the only good Sean Connery impression I've ever done. Never been able to recreate it.
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They way you said "medeklinkers" was absolutely impressive .... at first it made me think you were actually a dutchman ! Excellent channel and fabulous language skills !!
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"a jar of spare faces [...] by the door" Excellent Beatles reference there.
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😂 I am Dutch and never knew how English people hear us, this is very eye opening and I learn a lot of this ❤
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Harry and Paul nailed it with their Amsterdam cops sketches in "Harry Enfield and Chums".
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I am from the Netherlands and your pronounciation certainly sounded surprisingly like dutch.
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I must say that not only did you nail the accent, your facial expression in the hotel sketch was also spot on.
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Nice work - from an in the Netherlands living Greek (& linguist). Shall we make it even more complicated? In the north of the Netherlands, especially in the province of Groningen, f and v are both pronounced as v. "Kovvie he'm?" = "Koffie hebben?" = "Would you like coffee?". 😂☕
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If I hadn't seen any of your other videos, I'd legit think you were a Dutch person speaking English, the accent, is subtle but spot-on
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FWIW, in Belgium and some Dutch regions near the border f and v get distinguished quite clearly, if not exactly the same as in English. Traditionally this was one of the few aspects of Southern pronunciation considered technically more correct, but that's mostly gone. For speakers of contemporary standard Dutch and the most common dialects spoken within the Netherlands, you are absolutely spot on.
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I thought you were actually Dutch until you spoke Dutch, that moment the English accent became apparent. Well done!
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my opa is from vechta and moved to america when he was 16 so he now speaks english with a heavy german accent and german with a heavy american accent - both of which have become thicker as he aged. I noticed it especially when we visited his family in germany and I heard his german compared to theirs. hearing you say "for my fviolets!" made me smile, it was the same exasperated way he'd defend the fviolets in his garden
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I mean wow ... this is by far the best breakdown I've seen on the topic. As a Dutch-origin English speaker I have actually found it very difficult to break down for others ... but now I have a video to forward! Cheers
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I was so confused at the start because it obviously was a Dutch accent but then some vowels sounded so British (like the O in rotation at 0:25), but I guessed having English parents before a skilled linguist, great stuff, compliments!
