
Flemish for Dummies
A guide for learning the Flemish variant of Dutch- a calidociously powerful 'Opposable Thumb' language to English

A guide for learning the Flemish variant of Dutch- a calidociously powerful 'Opposable Thumb' language to English

Flemish can be described as a 'softened' version of Standard Dutch. When spoken, it evoques the sound of a babbeling brook. 'Gentle', 'playful', 'nimble', and 'warm', are apt descriptions. Thanks to these qualities, Flemish is unsurpassed at conveying the thrill of a day spent in Hawaii- particularly the Hawaii of yesteryear.
Flemish can be described as a 'softened' version of Standard Dutch. When spoken, it evoques the sound of a babbeling brook. 'Gentle', 'playful', 'nimble', and 'warm', are apt descriptions. Thanks to these qualities, Flemish is unsurpassed at conveying the thrill of a day spent in Hawaii- particularly the Hawaii of yesteryear.
The 'Yesteryear' painting of Manoa Valley on Ohau is by Enoch Perry-circa 1865.
The 'pineapple' photo is from a 1950's Dole Pineapple Co. ad.
'Hawaii Calls' was a radio program broadcast live from Waikiki Beach from 1935 through 1975.

To make Flemish-Dutch significantly easier for English speakers to master, the language R&D company, Calidocious Inc., has developed a novel way to write Dutch. The new orthography is called 'Dot-Dutch'. When read aloud, 'Dot-Dutch' allows English speakers to intuitively pronounce text like a native.
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The picture is of Fath
To make Flemish-Dutch significantly easier for English speakers to master, the language R&D company, Calidocious Inc., has developed a novel way to write Dutch. The new orthography is called 'Dot-Dutch'. When read aloud, 'Dot-Dutch' allows English speakers to intuitively pronounce text like a native.
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The picture is of Father Damien, a flemish national hero who gave his live to minister to banished lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokaii.
The slogan 'Waipio No Die' was the motto for a group of students who tried (successfully) to preserve historical Waipio Valley.

To create 'Dot-Dutch', Calidocious Inc., focused on ten principles. They are listed below alongside ten world-class stops on a day-trip around Ohau.
The primary changes are 1. use of the diacritical accent marks [' `´ ̑ ˆ˙ˇ ̈], 2. 'new' letters 'æ', 'œ', 'ae' and ‘ao’, and 3. a couple loan words from other Germanic languages.
To create 'Dot-Dutch', Calidocious Inc., focused on ten principles. They are listed below alongside ten world-class stops on a day-trip around Ohau.
The primary changes are 1. use of the diacritical accent marks [' `´ ̑ ˆ˙ˇ ̈], 2. 'new' letters 'æ', 'œ', 'ae' and ‘ao’, and 3. a couple loan words from other Germanic languages.
A hero who re-emerged during the creation of Dot-Dutch was an early soujourner on Ohau, Robert Louis Stevenson. RLS's literary defence of Father Damian is a masterpiece.

The 1st goal of 'Dot-Dutch' is that it will be 100% phonetic. 'Name Pronouns' , which begin with a capital letter, are exepted.
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To make Flemish-Dutch easier for second language speakers, the language teaching company, Calidocious Inc., has developed a novel way to write Standard Dutch so that a text . when read aloud, sounds like Flemish. To achieve this, Calidocious Inc., followed seven guiding principles while developing the modified writing system- called 'Dot Dutch'.

#5 is to systematically, and progressively, abbreviate pronouns and articles as a sentence progresses. This causes sentences to devolve from higher to lower energy, or 'go downhill'. #6 is to strive to restrict all written words to a single meaning, and #7 is to strive to be 100% gender consistent/ unambiguous.

Principal #1 is to strive for Dot Dutch to be fully comprehensible to a native Dutch/Flemish speaker. #2 is to strive relentlessly for increased speed and brevity. #3 is to strive to be 100% phonetic-with no ambiguity in how any word sounds, #4 is to strive to reduce all pronouns and articles to a single syllable,

At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.

At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.

At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.

At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.

At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.

At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.
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