Hi Asha!
Je schreef:
Asha wrote:
I like the Brabants accent. If I had stayed there (I was born in Brabant) I would have talked like that - but we moved to the UK. I really hate the Amsterdam accent. I now speak fluent English and Dutch. English with a Welsh accent and Dutch without an accent.
Afrikaans - Ik kan het verstaan en lezen maar niet spreken.
I also don't like the Amsterdam accent, although I can speak like a guy from Amsterdam (some accents just rub off on me regardless if I like it
). I think my disliking the Amsterdam accent is partly due to the fact that people who speak like that often think they are very funny. The Amsterdam accent also dominates Dutch radio and television as the Dutch broadcasting companies operate in Hilversum, Aalsmeer, Amstelveen and Amsterdam.
Did you have a Brabant accent when you lived there, or did you never bother to adopt it?
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