Re: Opinions on English (was Re: basic vocab)
From: | Nik <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Sunday, September 17, 2000, 21:20 |
Robert Hailman wrote:
> Yeah, it does. But for some reason, the nasals in Polish don't bother,
> whereas they do in French. Again, it's probably that pesky Quebec French
> ruining the language for me.
Perhaps it's not the nasals that make it sound ugly to you? I find the
nasals of French the most obviously ugly part of its phonology, but
there's also the front rounded vowels, and some other features that I
can't pin down.
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