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Re: Thought and Language

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 16, 1998, 23:56
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. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Tom Wier <twier@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "S=F4=F0 is gecy=FEed / =FE=E6t mihtig God manna cynes / w=EAold w=EEde-ferh=F0." _Beowulf_, ll. 700-702 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D