how to pronounce numbers

[Thomas Okken]

(06-26-2018 07:50 AM)grsbanks Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 07:29 AM)rncgray Wrote:  It is amusing to see the French 'pretend' to not understand huitante and octante.

Equally amusing is watching the Flemish and Dutch refuse to speak Dutch to each other even though their respective languages are essentially the same and certainly share a common trunk in ABN (Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands). They prefer to speak English on the whole. It's a bit like watching a Brit and an American refuse to speak to each other in English and switch to German instead.

Huh! I haven't had that experience, I would speak Dutch in Flanders and so would they, no problem. However, I could imagine it being a different story depending on where in Flanders you are, since there are parts where they speak a dialect that is so thick that even other Flemings can't understand it. I've seen such dialect speakers be subtitled, in Dutch, on Flemish TV.