brug is pronounced brerkh, with gutteral emphasis
We have given up trying to learn Dutch. Everyone here speaks at least 2 languages, one of them usually English. When a citizen of the Netherlands says they don't speak English, they mean that they are embarrassed because they aren't fluent; if they say they speak a little English, you'd better believe that they speak it better than you do.
So we have no reason to learn Dutch beyond dank u wel or alstublieft or sorry or pardon or hello, and therefore, it remains a mystery to us.
Besides, we have come to the conclusion that the Dutch language was invented by someone with a wicked sense of humor. There is a nice little town just north of us called Muiden. Don't even think you know how to pronounce it......just rhyme it with chowder and you'll be right. We don't get it either.
Neither do we know how to make some of the sounds that are required when speaking Dutch, especially that gutteral, throaty roll. Impossible.
So we will float through this country happily ignorant of the language used by some of the most accommodating people in the world. Works for us.
Stone wet..............rain
Stone dry...............sun
Stone moving........wind
Stone white..........snow
Stone falls......hurricane
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