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Re: OT: German reputation

From:# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>
Date:Sunday, December 12, 2004, 23:48
   The things I remark in German are the diphtongs ending in "y" it is the only
   language I know wich have that kind of sounds

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Quoting Yann Kiraly <[1]yann_kiraly@...>:

> Hi! I've been wondering lately what the reputation of the german
language
> is where you guys live. (Except Germany of course ;)) Judging from
what
> you find on some internet boards, it can't be to good (don't ask me
where
> I saw this. Multiple places I stumbled on accidentaly.). I live in > Germany, and as far as I can see, the Germans are quite neutral when
it
> comes to judging languages.
I suppose that the general perception here is that German is harsh-sounding. Andreas [greypixel.gif] References 1. http://by16fd.bay16.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F101936362&a=273cb94e3003f1841cb6dce756cb2093&mailto=1&to=yann_kiraly@GMX.NET&msg=MSG1102894778.40&start=2503345&len=2929&src=&type=x