Re: Opinions on English (was Re: basic vocab)

Nik wrote:
>
> 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.
Well, I don't care for the nasals at all, but it's not my reason for
disliking French. The front rounded vowels are part of it, but again,
they don't bother me in German. The intonation, particularly of Quebec
Frech, bothers me too.

It's probably a combination of these things that make me dislike the
language, because the nasals don't stop me from liking Polish, and the
front rounded vowels don't stop me from liking German.

--
Robert