Re: The beautifulest phonology

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Thalmann" <cinga@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: The beautifulest phonology


> If anything, this survey shows us how freaky some people's sense of
> aesthetics is.  /tT/?  /t_j/?  /1/?  How could anyone possibly like
> that?  ;-)
>
> Next thing you know, someone mentions uvulars and retroflexes...
::shudder::
>
> On the other hand, disliking /Z/, /n/, /m/, /l/ or /a/, /e/, /i/
> should count as a crime against humanity.  =P
> Just listen to them... /Zinamel/... doesn't that sound like an
> angel's soothing whisper?
>
>
> -- Christian Thalmann
>

No.  I hate /Z/

My Ideal phonology:

/X/, /q/, /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /S/, /s/, /T/,  /D/, /l/, /j/, /w/, /r/

Vowels:
e, i, 2, y,{ ,

As you can see, it's heavy on the approximants...I like Approximants.  And I
love Uvulars, as long as it's not /R/.  With vowels, I can't stand back
vowels.

I mean /X2r/, doesn't that sound like the soothing purring of a contented
cat?