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Re: Animals' talk (jara: German letter names)

From:Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
Date:Saturday, January 4, 2003, 2:25
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From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: 03 January, 2003 18:49
Subject: Re: Animals' talk (jara: German letter names)


> Emaelivpar Jake X: > >Interesting. I think in English you can say either. The dog says,
"bark,"
> >or the dog barks. What determines which dog is assigned which sound? > >I am a native english speaker, but they seem to me randomly chosen when > >spoken. Anyone? > > "Woof" sounds friendly to me, whereas "bark" could be more aggressive, or > at least louder/noiser/more enthusiastic. "Arf" sounds like a little dog > or a half-hearted bark. Just my personal impressions, mind you. :)
Those descriptions sound very right to me, even though I wasn't able to produce them myself. :)
> > -- > AA
Jake

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