Re: The beautifulest phonology

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).

>
> P.S. Does anyone actually say 'beautifullest' or 'beautifuller' now?
> I
> thought 'most beautiful' and 'more beautiful' were the usual forms in
> contemporary English.
>
I thought too. But since it's Ferko who first made the thread title, I don't
think it counts :)) .

Christophe.

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