Re: CHAT: feckly off-topic (was: THEORY: Storage Vs. Computation)

Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> I think the reputation of Arabic (and German and Dutch - and I suppose
> since I made the correct pronounciation of Charya public, Denden too)
> is just due to the prejudice most speakers of English have against anything
> fricative spoken at the back of the mouth - German and Dutch _g_ and _ch_,
> and Arabic _h_ You'll soon hear complaints of 'gutturals' - I'm
> personally very fond of uvular fricatives - but I like the simultaneous
> pronounciation of kp and gb in some African languages too, and I think
> an _r_ can go with any other consonant, either before or after...
But it's words just seem ugly as well (plus it makes extensive use of the
schwa, which I can't stand).  The only concrete example I know is a prayer
call from "The English Patient": Allah-oo-ugbut, Allah-oo-ugbut, etc.
"Ug" indeed.  I think the script is beautiful, though.

Josh