How to pronounce Dijsselbloem

The new president of the group of countries using the euro apparently presents some pronunciation woes for non Dutch speakers.

Fear not.

BM hasn’t spent more than 400 years at the heart of Carolingian northern Europe for nothing.

Such names can trip so easily off the tongue, once you know how.

Here, borrowing somewhat heavily from the far more amusing ‘PronunciationManual‘ on youtube, is BM’s definitive guide.

Goed zo.

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