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In Brussels French, names of Flemish (Dutch) origin are reported to be more faithful to the original pronunciation than in French as spoken in France. For example, *Rembrandt* is typically pronounced [ˈrɛm.brant] in Flemish, [ʀɛm.ˈbʀant] in Brussels French and [ʀ̃a.ˈbʀ̃ɑ(t)] in France French. Brussels French thus tends towards a middle way between preservation and nativisation, but regularly preserves some phonological elements more readily than others (e.g. [ŋ] is preserved if [r] is preserved). The results of an acceptability task performed by bilingual native speakers of Brussels French are reported here, which reveal the following hierarchy: [r] < [h] < word stress < [ŋ] < [x] < non-nasalised \<Vn\>. Two hypotheses to explain these findings are compared: absolute markedness vs. tendencies to alter or preserve within the Flemish varieties themselves.
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