Linguistics for Laypeople

conversation starters, cocktail talk subjects, change for small talk

Change in English, Dutch and German Words from a Common Root (with soundfiles)

Hebrew Words in Dutch (via Yiddish) (with soundfiles)

Dutch Pronunciation (with soundfiles)
Try Our Exercise (and compare your efforts with the soundfiles)
Some Famous Names and Words Upon Request (Dutch is spoken here)

Sailors and Ships of the 17th Century
Old New York
Vermeer's World
Rembrandt


Frisian Spoken

Gothic and Old English


Dual-Language (English and Dutch)


Der Koehp va Hehle, a story in Limburg dialect

Alle Allitteraties? (Dutch)


provided by Marco Schuffelen - email