tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post108712727872551863..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Elias Bredsdorff: "Ærkedansk": 3David McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-28678537202950135532009-05-22T14:01:03.279+01:002009-05-22T14:01:03.279+01:00The Dutch, the ones living in the two provinces No...The Dutch, the ones living in the two provinces North & South Holland, have their own brand of throat disease: the very throaty-gutteral "g"-sound.<br /><br />Language is always in tension between reform of an active kind, and new phrases which come about through carelessness. So there has to be some resistance to careless renewal.<br /><br />Renewal also affects pronunciation. In Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com