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Re: Harsh vs. Soft Sounds

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Friday, August 29, 2003, 18:49
Sebastian Adems wrote at 2003-08-29 13:45:56 (-0400)
 > Well, for instance, French would be considered soft, where as a
 > more guttural sounding language (can't think of anything right now,
 > maybe LotR Orc tongues?)
 >
Note that both French and Orkish speech (insofar as we know anything
about it) are characterised by an uvular r ([R] or [R\]), which is
about as guttural as you can get.