Re: CHAT: feckly off-topic (was: THEORY: Storage Vs. Computation)
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 20, 1999, 21:06 |
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On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Barry Garcia wrote:
> bsarempt@rempt.xs4all.nl writes:
> > 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'
>
> Actually, i like how German sounds when its spoken softly, but hearing my
> next door neighbor yell at her grandkids in german, it sounds very harsh
> and grating =). I think dutch is actually softer than german is. Anyway,
> the prettiest language IMHO is Japanese.
>
Yelling tends to draw the worst out of any language. I remember spilling
my steamed black pudding and chicken's claws at a local Cantonese
restaurant when the cook suddenly started to curse the waitress.
Even Denden sounds awful when shouted. I've been busy today preparing
my Denden fieldwork tapes... I'll look if I can find some yelled abuse
amongst them ;-). My favourite language, as regards sound, must be Turkish.
I'm very fond of the effect of vowel-harmony.
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt