Re: Conlang baby-talk

En réponse à Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:

>
> French *is* baby talk.  =))))
>
Say that to Jean-Marie Lepen ;)))) .

> No, seriously:  I think the fact that French is spoken so far to
> the front of the mouth, with lots of pouty rounded vowels (even
> the schwa is rounded!) and palatised* consonants, makes Francophones
> (esp. women (esp. Laetitia Casta <G>)) sound cute.
Well, remember the term "gnangnan"? Laetitia Casta is probably the archetype of
its definition ;)))) (now I don't dislike her, especially since she comes from
the same neighbourhood as me ;)))) . But her "cutey-cutey" way of talking can
be annoying...).

  I guess that's
> why the language is synonymous with romance in the US.  ;-)
>
> *) Palatisation:  I don't know how true that is, but I find
> myself to sound much more authentic when pronouncing most
> consonants with a touch of palatisation.  My "gare" sounds more
> like [g_ja:R] than just [ga:R].  This might be a regionalism.
> Christophe?
>
Well, my own consonants don't have the slightest touch of palatalisation, and
I've never heard French consonants being pronounced even slightly
palatalised... Maybe it's a way for you not to be tempted to aspirate them?

Christophe.

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