Re: OT: German reputation

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:08:50 -0700, Muke Tever <hotblack@...> wrote:
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> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:08:59 -0500, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> wrote:
> > (do all latin languages don't have "h" sound? I know spanish and frensh don't)
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> Actually many dialects of Spanish do have an [h].  Some have it for |j|,
> and some have it for syllable-final |s| (and some for both).
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> I have also read that there are actually dialects of Spanish that retain
> [h] for |h|, but I can't verify that.
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>         *Muke!
Philippines Spanish retained the pronunciation of /h/ for |h|
(originating from /f/).

Also Spanish does have /x/ of course, but in my experience it is a lot
weaker than in German, and somtimes weakens to /h/.

Most Americans find German to sound harsh, and will often immitate a
"German Drill Sargeant" when immitating it. Not a lot of Americans
find it pleasant to hear.

And to me personally, when I hear friends of mine purposefully
throwing in German terminology for things that have English
equivalents in order to sound "Intellectual" they sound more pompous,
affected, and snobbish to me (Them, _not_ a German Speaker, and in
situations that really don't require it). I'll stop before someone
accuses me of being a snob myself :).

I actually kind of like hearing German spoken. I actually find spoken
French to be unpleasurable to hear (most Americans love French
accents). However, I like _sung_  French, but only when sung by
certain singers (Like Natacha Atlas, whose rendition of Ne Me Quitte
Pas I like ten times better than Edith Piaf's)

By the way, no one I know pronounces "French" as /fr\EnS/ unless
immitating the accent. Everyone I know says /fr\EntS/

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