Re: Thought and Language

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Daniel Baisden wrote:
> > French is an artistic sounding language
>
> That's a rather subjective judgement.  To me, French doesn't sound at
> all "artistic", it sounds like a horrible mess of unpleasant sounds.
<personal opinion>
No kidding! All those nasal vowels really get on my nerves sometimes.
Also, the whole idea that German is ugly because it's gutteral and French
is beautiful because it isn't -- that's just farcical.  What do call Fren=
ch /r/,
huh? Sheesh!
</personal opinion>

No, seriously, I think to be honest the idea that French is beautiful was
more or less propagated by the French aristocrats during a time of the
preeminence of that language in Europe some centuries ago, and because
it was held in such high esteem (to the extent that Peter the Great's cou=
rt
spoke only in French), these rather unscientific ideas gained a wider
birth than they would have otherwise.


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