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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. -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb Flabín tiDikául wafnaftáti; nailabíl tiDikául walíibi ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor