Re: The beautifulest phonology
| From: | BP Jonsson <melroch@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 21, 2002, 12:44 |
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At 00:38 2002-03-20 -0800, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
>Probably the most beautiful word I have ever heard is the Finnish word for
>short, /lyhyt/
Never thought about it, but /lyhyt/ really is beautiful!
Has anyone considered a phonology with only dental/alveolar consonants. I
think it would be beautiful as a concept, but the lang might turn out
liltin' and chattering.
/BP 8^)>
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