Re: Animals' talk (jara: German letter names)
| From: | Jake X <starvingpoet@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 4, 2003, 2:25 |
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----- Original Message -----
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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