Above all, Flemings of course speak Flemish English. This very noticeable English accent, unmistakably common to northern Belgians, makes many an English language-loving tourist cringe his teeth while talking to a local. But of course there are British and American features in there as well, and flandersnews.be wanted to know how they weigh out.

54 people aged 16 to 23, and 54 people aged 50 to 77 were asked to speak English and read English text. The text contained all sorts of English words that have a different pronunciation in British and American English, like fast, draw, home, hot, park, city, tune, tomato, etc. The conversations were recorded, and afterwards, these ‘token words’ were isolated and checked for pronunciation.