Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)
| From: | daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Monday, April 2, 2001, 8:30 |
|---|
Nik Taylor wrote:
> I have. I find it quite beautiful. My pastor is Finnish,
> and we have a Finnish exchange student there, too. So, they
> occasionally speak in Finnish.
I hear (or at least can hear) Finnish almost daily and I
don't find it beautiful at all. (The common opinion in
Sweden is that Finnish isn't a language, it's an inarticulate
sound). Although I love its phonology and its grammar, so
I wondered what was wrong. I figured it had to be the initial
stress and tried to pronounce it with a Quenya-like stress
and the result was marvellous! Suddenly it sounds absolutely
wonderful!
Now if only I could get the Finns to change their stress... ;)
||| daniel
--
<> Daeselaidh goddi mis giall! <> daniel.andreasson@telia.com <>
<> Lwodadh giall! <> www.geocities.com/conlangus <>
Replies