I also consider Geran to be a very beautiful language, not so much the
standard language as much as its rich an diverse dialects. Have you ever
heard South Tyrolean? I’m sure you would reconsider after hearing the locals
there talk!
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Koller
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:22 PM
From: Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
> It is definitely not an absolute! Quenya and Sindarin, undoubtedly
> made to appeal to the taste of their creator, aren't that similar
> to English, and what concerns me, I don't consider German very
> beautiful,
German rules!
> and Old Albic has little resemblance of it. One of
> my favourite consonants, for instance, is /T/, which German does
> not have (except in a few recent borrowings from English, such
> as _Thriller_). But my predilection for front rounded vowels
> may be partly due to the fact that German has them, and one of
> them occurs in my first name.
> I'd say what one finds beautiful is partly dependent on which
> languages he is aware of - L1, L2 or other.
Indeed. German, French, and Shanghainese have the front roundeds that I
love, and it was until Shanghai that I fell in love with /z\/ (loving /s\/
already).
Kou