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> The Dutch 'r' phoneme sounds similar to the AE one.

The Dutch realization of /r/ differs from dialect to dialect within the Netherlands and Flanders, and only a small minority of Dutch speakers have something like the American version. It is true that Dutch speakers often have good accents, but this is due to massive exposure to American culture, not the rhotics of Dutch themselves.



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