Quoting Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>:
> I tend to agree that alot of Taiwanese conversation sounds rather
> abrupt. But I don't know how many times I've heard Taiwanes say
> the same thing about Cantonese which I love to listen to. Most
> commonly they'll compare it to two dogs barking or most *humane*ly
> to people fighting. I guess it's all in the ear of the behearer. *g*
It's nice to know that the "bar-bar" instinct in human language
assessment is not entirely extinct. <sigh>
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Thomas Wier <trwier@...>
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entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn;
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erretô; exautês ktêsomai ou kakiô" - Arkhilokhos