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From: "Peter Christoph" <>
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Dutch language
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:49:35 -0500
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I can only agree with part with Richard, who wrote:

"As I understand it, either Ah-nah-chuh, Mah-ree-chuh, etc. or An-nah-tee,
Mah-ree-tee (approximately). "

The "chuh" pronunciation is used by every Dutch person I have known. I only
hear the "tee" pronunciation by people who are guessing how to pronounce
Dutch (the same people pronounce Jan like the beginning of Janet, instead of
as "Yahn.")

----- Original Message -----
From: "JMcMurry" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Dutch language


> Thanks very much, Richard. Now that I know the proper pronunciation, it's
kind of like putting a name with a face!
> Jann McMurry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard VanHouten
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [D-Col] Dutch language
>
>
> JMcMurry wrote:
> > Could someone please tell me how to pronounce names that end in "tje"
(Annatje, Maritje, etc.)?
>
> As I understand it, either Ah-nah-chuh, Mah-ree-chuh, etc. or
> An-nah-tee, Mah-ree-tee (approximately). J in Dutch is pronounced like
> English Y, and may get palatalized with the preceding T (like secondthe
> T in station).
>
> For example, Roelof Vandelinde, in his 1790 will, names his wife Notey
> (Annatje Demarest), and daughters Casey (Geesje), Fitey (Fitje), and
> Notey (Annatje). His father Peter Vandelinda, in his 1724 will, names
> wife Geesche (Geesje Westervelt) and daughters Uselche (Urselina,
> Urseltje), Janneche (Jane, Jannetje) and Vyche (Fijtje). You can see
> above how English lawyers (or lawyer's clerks) in Bergen County, New
> Jersey spelled Dutch feminine diminutive names ending in -tje or -sje.
>
>
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