Re: The beautifulest phonology
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 8:38 |
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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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