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Re: The beautifulest phonology

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 0:18
From: "jesse stephen bangs" <jaspax@...>
> > > t_j d_j n_j F T D S Z h x K K\ l L w j > > Gosh, no unpalatalized stops! What an odd bunch. > > I noticed that a great many of you are including [S] and/or [Z]. Fooey. > I haven't never included those in a "beautiful" phonology and never will.
Yes... Alarmingly I don't find palatals (well, [S] and [Z] aren't technically palatals but close) anything like beautiful. [j] *may* be an exception, used sparingly... *Muke!