sibilant english
I was just reading an article in which someone mentioned the unusual sibilance of the English language. Is this true? It seems natural to me, but then come to think of it, Japanese and Chinese don't have nearly as many sibilants as English. Weird.
I'm also reminded of the Lord's Prayer, known to some as the Our Father. I always love hearing groups recite it, so I can hear all the sibilants of "forgive us our tressspasssess, ass we forgive thossse who tressspasss againssst usss." Then all the t's: "and lead us noTinToTempTation" — it always sounds so prickly.
Well you do have to be thinking of *something* during that thing, right?
I'm also reminded of the Lord's Prayer, known to some as the Our Father. I always love hearing groups recite it, so I can hear all the sibilants of "forgive us our tressspasssess, ass we forgive thossse who tressspasss againssst usss." Then all the t's: "and lead us noTinToTempTation" — it always sounds so prickly.
Well you do have to be thinking of *something* during that thing, right?
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