Re: French
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 17, 2003, 11:12 |
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* Douglas Koller, Latin & French said on 2003-01-13 21:32:56 +0100
> Nik writes:
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> >I just wish it sounded nicer, without all those ugly
> >nasal vowels and front rounded vowels and with more stops to give some
> >texture to the sound. :-)
>
> Steady, lieutenant. Them's fightin' words. A day without front
> rounded vowels is like a day without sunshine.
Seconded!
> Ööööööö, üüüüüüü,
Ah, the lovely resonant sound of Norwegian y! Not to mention the queen of
semi-vowels: /H/! /i/ and /j/ are so... flat.
t.
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