Re: OT: German reputation

Quoting Yann Kiraly <yann_kiraly@...>:

> I wonder why some people think of German as a harsh
> sounding language. As you say, it may be because of the [x], or because they
> haven't any real German, only imitations of Germans speaking English in some
> old war films.
I don't think it's [x], which is common enough in Swedish, but the scrappy [X]
so many German use that gives the harsh impression. That many people know
German chiefly from barked orders in old war flicks won't help either, of
course.

                                               Andreas