francophony (was: RE: my proposals for a philosophical language
| From: | And Rosta <a.rosta@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 22:10 |
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Pavel Iosad:
> Personally, I find French pretty interesting linguistically and its
> historical grammar fascinating, but aesthetically it's nowhere near
> being a nice-sounding language. In my opinion, of course
I can't conceive of the films of, say, Truffaut or Eric Rohmer
being such a delight if the prosody did not flutter papilionine
with the sweet levity of choux and millefeuilles. Thanks to
the delections of French cinema I at the age of fifteen could
not conceive of love being conducted in any language but French.
(Of course, I could not actually speak French, but in my
imagination I did, and it was there, after all, that I conducted
my amours.)
--And.
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