Re: Harsh vs. Soft Sounds
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 29, 2003, 22:53 |
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:29:02PM -0000, Christian Thalmann wrote:
> Not only that; in some environments, [R] becomes [X], e.g.
> in |prendre| [pXA~dX]. Gack! German [x] and especially [C]
> are so much smoother.
Let's not forget <croissant>, which comes out with something approximating
an uvular affricate, [q_X] or [G\_R] or [G\_R\].
I'm not a big fan of either French or German, personally; was just pointing
out that German was often regarded as a "harsh" language. I don't much
care for the sound of English, either, for that matter.
I love the sound of Italian. Russian is pretty cool, too.
Going back to conlangs, Klingon is definitely a harsh language. :)
-Mark
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