Re: Harsh vs. Soft Sounds

Quoting "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>:


> > I prefer "soft" sounding languages, by which I mean languages dominated
> > by voiceless sounds and without too many velars or other "gutterals".
> [snip]
>
> To me, voiceless sounds are "harsher" than voiced sounds. Velars aren't
> harsh by my standards unless they are devoiced. Aspirated sounds are
> always harsh.
I've always felt that voiceless stops are "clearer", or "purer", than voiced
ones. Similarly with spirant frics, but for some reason not sibilants - [z]
and [Z] sounds at least as nifty as [s] and [S].

                                                 Andreas

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