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

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 19:15:21 -0500, Pascal A. Kramm <pkramm@...> wrote:
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> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:01:03 -0800, B. Garcia <madyaas@...> wrote:
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> >I've never heard an English speaker say "Umlauts _DISGUST_ me",
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> Well, I've heard this (and worse) lots of times already...
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> >i've heard them say German sounds like a hacking cough.
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> "Hacking cough"? O_o Now that's something I haven't ever heard.
> That's clearly even far worse than just "disgusting" >_<
I'd disagree with you. Disgust implies something so revolting and
sickening you want it away from you. Perhaps in Germany it's worse
than disgust, but here where I live a hacking cough sounds like you're
trying hard to clear your throat. No one would say that they are
disgusted by it, they'd offer you cold mediation.

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> >But that's different from disgust.
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> Indeed, it goes FAR beyond disgust.
I disagree. I will keep what i'm thinking to myself. If you'd like to
ask me what I think about this, you can email me privately.

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> >Most people would simply say they just don't like how it sounds.
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> In my experience, most people will either strongly express their disgust in
> some form, or say nothing at all.
Saying they don't like something is not the same as being disgusted by
it. I don't like organ meats in general, but I am hardly disgusted by
them, as I will eat braunschwager andI like liver pâté, i don't like
raw cauliflower, but I love it cooked. I don't like running, but I am
hardly disgusted by it. I also don't like the sound of French, but it
is hardly "disgusting" to me. Disgust is not synonymous with dislike.



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