Re: Harsh vs. Soft Sounds

Quoting J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:

> JS Bangs <jaspax@...> writes:
>
> >> How interesting! I dislike both [Z] and [z] (one of the reasons why
> >> French is intolerable to me. Chinese is nearly as bad).
>
>     I happen to like [Z] and [z] _and_ [dZ] quite a bit :P~  and can't
> understand why they would be ugly to some peeps...
>     AND I like French...
>     AND I am Chinese ::BiG GRiNNie::
>
>     Seems I am in the minority as usual...
It's interesting that German seems to have more devotes than French among
conlangers - who presumably have a more developed and conscious language
aesthetic - while I'm ready to wager that the "average Westerner" holds the
opposite opinion.

I too find [z], [Z] and [dZ] nifty. Throw in [dz], [z`] and [d`z`] too! But I
much prefer [T] to [D].

                                                        Andreas