Re: Ashamed of [T]? (fy: /T/ -> /t_d/?)

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:28:36 -0500, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

>One may be disgusted by something involuntarily; it is an emotional
>reaction, which may be overcome in time if desired.  But to seemingly
>rejoice in said disgust, to express it unhesitatingly, especially in
>response to a stimulus as innocent as a speech sound, is bigotry of the
>first order.  If that's the image of yourself (and by your own choice of
>general terms, Germans in general) that you wish to convey, then your
>choice of words was apt.  If that was not your intent, then perhaps
>another word would have been better.
I could now go and say something like: "How many times have I heard English
speakers saying the same or worse about umlauts? Choke on it, buddy!"

But I'm not like that, so if this really startles you that much, I'll just
say "I feel slightly annoyed by the th", ok?

--
Pascal A. Kramm, author of Choton
official Choton homepage:
http://www.choton.org