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Re: OT: German reputation

From:B. Garcia <madyaas@...>
Date:Monday, December 13, 2004, 13:39
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:08:50 -0700, Muke Tever <hotblack@...> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- > Sender: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> > Poster: Muke Tever <hotblack@...> > Organization: Marcher's > Subject: Re: OT: German reputation > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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) > > 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). > > I have also read that there are actually dialects of Spanish that retain > [h] for |h|, but I can't verify that. > > *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/ -- You can turn away from me but there's nothing that'll keep me here you know And you'll never be the city guy Any more than I'll be hosting The Scooby Show Scooby Show - Belle and Sebastian

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Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>Spanish /h/ (was: German reputation)