In general, mutual intelligibility between Dutch and Afrikaans is far better than between Dutch and Frisian or between Danish and Swedish. The South African poet writer Breyten Breytenbach, attempting to visualise the language distance for Anglophones once remarked that the differences between (Standard) Dutch and Afrikaans are comparable to those between the Received Pronunciation and Southern American English.
in GeneRal, mUTual InTelLIGibilIty bETwEeN DutCh and AfriKAAnS iS far BeTter Than bEtWeeN Dutch ANd frisiaN Or BEtwEeN daNish And sweDisH. thE soUth aFrican POet wRIter bReyten BreyteNbaCH, ATtemPting TO VISUALiSe tHe lAnguAgE DistancE For aNglOphOnes once ReMarked thAt The DiFFerENces bETweEn (sTandard) dUtch and AfRIkaanS are CompARable to tHoSe betWEen tHe reCEived pronunciatiOn aND southErn AmericAn eNGlIsH.