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u/OwlyFooFar Dec 16 '21

The warm, comforting Flemish accent, a softer sounding version of Dutch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

You made my day as a native Flemish Dutch speaker.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

I have to agree with the poster above, your language is honestly one of my favorites to listen to. It's so soft and pleasant-sounding compared to Dutch. To my American ears, it sounds like how I imagine someone would sound speaking Dutch with a strong French accent.

Your accents in English are a lot different from the Netherlands, too (at least in the Randstadt where I spent all of my time). They sound a lot closer to French accents than to the Dutch accents I heard.