Re: CHAT: An introduction
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 5, 2003, 15:33 |
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At 01:20 5.6.2003 +0400, Pavel Iosad wrote:
>In fact, I have the same experience myself. I find Ukrainian infinitely
>more pleasing to the ear than my native Russian.
Ditto with me: In spite of the scorn of most Swedes I prefer the sound
of Norwegian over the sound of my native Swedish. But then I prefer
the sound of (modern) Icelandic over both Norwegian and Swedish.
I also -- again contra most Swedes, I think, -- like the sound of
Persian, in spite of not being able to hear what is said. I also
prefer Italian over French, and rhotic -- especially Irish -- English
over non-rhotic. The rather frequent [3:] in RP is totally disfiguring
in my humble personal opinion.
/BP 8^)
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