Margus Ramst schrieb in Nachricht <36cdf901.0@news.povray.org>...
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>Rudy Velthuis wrote in message <36cdf440.0@news.povray.org>...
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>>What I really meant is, that Dutch (and propably French) is one of the few
>>languages which incorporates all known combinations of vowels and
>>consonants.
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>Hah! Pronounce this:
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Hmmm... Perhaps I should rule out the more exotic languages <vbg>. African
languages use clicking sounds no one except the native speakers can
reproduce (at least at a reasonable speed). You have this weird ~o (can't
reproduce on my keyboard, but shows up correct), the Polish have this fat ll
sound (the one with the dash through it - even fatter than most Americans
pronounce their "l"s). And there are many more examples (Asian languages).

But I still think Dutch is one of the most allround languages around.
Perhaps we don't have the letter, but we propably can still pronounce it
(albeit a bit slower than you would) and reproduce it in a different
spelling.

--
Rudy

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