Re: The beautifulest phonology

Chrsitophe Grandsire wrote:
>
>En réponse à Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>:
>
> >
> > a few harsh sounds might add spice to the language  :)
> >
>
>Even Tolkien, who is sometimes accused to have "over-pretty" languages (an
>accusation he gave himself once, so people who do that have to cope with
>the
>fact that they have the same opinion as the master himself :))) ), had /x/
>in
>Quenya (written 'h', and weakened to [h] at the beginning of words). So
>even he
>was aware of that problem (it's mainly this fact that made me realise that
>he
>was truly a master in conlanging, despite all he can be criticised for).
It may be because I'ven't seen sufficiently many war movies featuring evil
nazis, but I can't get into my head that [x] should be a harsh sound. I
mean, it's soft, nice, cosy!

And don't tell me that Swedish _skön_ [x2:n]* "beatiful, pleasant" sounds
harsh! ;-)

* A'course, I'm perfectly aware that [x] isn't the prescriptionist
realization of /S/, but it's the one I use.

                                                Andreas

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