ConLang/NatLang aesthetics (was Re: basic vocab)

In a message dated 2000:09:15 3:38:31 PM,:
>Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>> [snip]
>> > Amen.  I have definite phonetic aesthetic prejudices.  Very bad.
>>
>> Hmm. I think I have phonetic aesthetic prejudices too, but IMHO, that's
>a
>> *good* thing, 'cos it gives your conlang a distinctive flavor. Well,
>that
>> is, if you adjust your prejudices appropriately for your conlang, else
>> it'd sound like your native language :-)
    Yep, I agree. For some odd reason though I like Italian and Malay/Bahasa
Indonesia a whole lot, I miss the 'x' in the orthography and phonology... I
love the insect-like sounds of "z" and "x" sounds in all sorts of languages -
Mandarin has some charming ones (especially - in PinYin trans-litter-ation-
_ts_ , _xi_ and _zh_ sounds)
       o_0?  I am momentarily forgetting the IPA... lack of sleep and
misplaced my lil IPA "cheat-sheet" ;P~

    I guess cuz I like insect sound recordings and onomatopoeia inordinately,
this influences my conlang Vivo to a large degree.

    czHANg