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Re: The beautifulest phonology

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 8:38
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Christian Thalmann wrote:

> 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? ;-)
/t_j/?? How can that not be pretty? Listen: /t_jyt_jy/ :)
> > 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? >
Probably the most beautiful word I have ever heard is the Finnish word for short, /lyhyt/ and the Hungarian word for "breathe lightly", /lEhEl/. ---ferko

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