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Re: Kontaxta

From:Damian Yerrick <tepples@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 23:07
"Steg Belsky" <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2005, at 11:43 PM, Damian Yerrick wrote: > > "Ivan Baines" <kinetic_wab@...> wrote: > >> English in general (well UK English at least) tends to be > >> less melodic than languages like German I think > > > Compare US English, and you may find it more melodic. > > http://everything2.com/?node_id=657686 > > Do you know what the author of that article means when they talk about > "resonating" from different parts of the mouth?
Possibly a systematic front/back bias in the vowel systems. -- Damian

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