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Vas Crabb
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Re: Dutch -nt-
01/18/12 12:20 AM


> The worst-sounding language I know of is Danish. Worse even than Polish.
>
> I agree, Dutch doesn't sound too good either.
>
> It can't be just the guttural consonants, though. Hebrew has guttural consonants, but
> it still sounds kind of sexy (at least when women speak it).
>
> To go a bit farther east: Vietnamese doesn't really sound like a language (at least
> to my ears). Korean can sound anywhere from cute to horrible. Japanese could almost
> pass for a European language, except that its loanwords are from Chinese rather than
> from Latin and Greek.
>
> Some people construct alternate-universe versions of certain languages: google
> Brithenig and Wenedyk. I would love to see a Japanese with its loanwords coming from
> Latin and Greek, and an English with its loanwords coming from Chinese, or even an
> English with its loanwords from Arabic.

WTF? You have serious issues.







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* more Yolanthe Cabau Andrew 01/17/12 06:14 AM
. * What language is that? URherenow  01/17/12 03:46 PM
. * Dutch -nt- Andrew  01/17/12 04:47 PM
. * Re: Dutch -nt- Vas Crabb  01/17/12 05:10 PM
. * Re: Dutch -nt- amused  01/17/12 05:58 PM
. * Re: Dutch -nt- Vas Crabb  01/18/12 12:20 AM
. * Re: Dutch -nt- igamabob  01/17/12 11:04 PM
. * Re: Dutch -nt- Sune  01/17/12 07:19 PM

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