Phonological features* you dislike...

[theweevil]

1.I don't hate pharyngeals and Epiglottals, but when a language contrasts them.....it kinda makes me wanna /ʕħħʕʕʕħħʜʜʜ/
2. I don't particularly care for the Bostonian, New York, (New)Jersey accents
3. /ɻ/ i still have some issues producing...so that's really the only reason I currently dislike it
4. Clicks I wouldn't say I hate, but I can't really produce them yet
5. Stød was created by Satan himself. I mean seriously, Mon Dieu!
6. I only recently have some what of a grip on producing the ungodly "r" that Japanese has
7. Geminate consonants, but mostly vowel length distinctions make my hair combust
8. /ɨ/ pisses me off, along with all the other central vowels, i'm watching you,/ɐ/!
9. Slavic and Georgian consonant clusters, which I adore, also tie my tongue into knots boy scouts have never heard of
10. I love French, except for a slight disdain for when /œ/ is nasalized. Beurk!
11. Tonal languages = i just can't even, I don't hate them, they sound beautiful, but I just càn't dô ít
12. Whenever I see some recreation/dramatization/illustration of a historical event the actors always have so variety of a british accent, regardless of the the country/language of the people portrayed. <<<<Things like this keep me awake at night ( also Number 7)
13. Languages that have gramatical politeness
14. Infixes make my he|ache|ad
15. That's all for the time being.....

[Izambri]

I don't like catanyol:

• ● Devoicing of voiced sibilants.
  ● Opening of [ə]/[ɐ] into [a].
  ● Substituion of [ɛ] and [ɔ] by [e] and [o], respectively.
  ● Affrication of palatal fricatives at the beginning of a word or after consonant.
  ● Velarization of [ɫ] is lost, becoming [l].
  ● Neutralization of [ʎ], becoming [j].
  ● Neutralization of all nasals (/m/, /n/, /ɲ/ i /ŋ/) in syllabic coda, being reduced to [n], or even [ŋ].

[ol bofosh]

● Devoicing of voiced sibilants.

Ai jaf tu jaf a baiking jat.
A cycling helmet?
No a baiking jat dat de nors baikings jad.

/v/ as [β] doesn't sound nice. [v] can't be that hard. Nor [z] for that matter.

And why does [wu] jaf to become [ɣu]?

/h/ as [x] is a bit annoying, but I can forgive it since even I find most sounds behind a velar ([h] and [ʔ] excluded) a bit difficult.

Oh, and it's cute to say estop as a borrowed word, but why carry it into English? Is so estupid.



Bat, jey, ai laik de spanis acsent, rili ai du.

● Neutralization of [ʎ], becoming [j].

Yeah, sorry about that.

[L'alphabētarium]

I don't like catanyol:

• ● Devoicing of voiced sibilants.
  ● Opening of [ə]/[ɐ] into [a].
  ● Substituion of [ɛ] and [ɔ] by [e] and [o], respectively.
  ● Affrication of palatal fricatives at the beginning of a word or after consonant.
  ● Velarization of [ɫ] is lost, becoming [l].
  ● Neutralization of [ʎ], becoming [j].
  ● Neutralization of all nasals (/m/, /n/, /ɲ/ i /ŋ/) in syllabic coda, being reduced to [n], or even [ŋ].

Someone likes his Catalan Catalonian...

Additionally, tonal languages suck for singing.

I agree. It's like the singers sing in their own notes and melodies distinct from the ones the instruments are playing.

I can barely tell apart e and E now, and that's a fucking achievement for me xD

I have this problem as well. I can pronounce them easily, but I have trouble telling them apart, especially when listening to Portuguese, Catalan or Italian, though it's easier when I listen to most French speakers cause their [e] is usually a bit higher and closer to than to [ɛ].

[Vuvuzela]

I don't like ↗ languages, especially ↗dialects of ↗English with rising intonation at the ends of ↗statements. (Like some younger female speakers from southern California or, more egregiously, imitations thereof.)

[ol bofosh]

I don't like ↗ languages, especially ↗dialects of ↗English with rising intonation at the ends of ↗statements. (Like some younger female speakers from southern California or, more egregiously, imitations thereof.)

¡Estop ¡meik it estop!

[Thry]

I don't like catanyol:

• ● Devoicing of voiced sibilants.
  ● Opening of [ə]/[ɐ] into [a].
  ● Substituion of [ɛ] and [ɔ] by [e] and [o], respectively.
  ● Affrication of palatal fricatives at the beginning of a word or after consonant.
  ● Velarization of [ɫ] is lost, becoming [l].
  ● Neutralization of [ʎ], becoming [j].
  ● Neutralization of all nasals (/m/, /n/, /ɲ/ i /ŋ/) in syllabic coda, being reduced to [n], or even [ŋ].

No en diguis achó tíoooo.

So Valencian should please you a bit less than Barceloní, with such clear vowels. - Especially apitxat

But, talking objectively here:

● Velarization of [ɫ] is lost, becoming [l].

That never sounds worse. Pujooolllllll

[Izambri]

So Valencian should please you a bit less than Barceloní, with such clear vowels. - Especially apitxat

No, Valencian doesn't please me less than other Catalan dialects. If it's well spoken, of course, because there's also castencià.

[Thry]

You're un prescriptivista de cuidao then.

[Izambri]

You're un prescriptivista de cuidao then.

No, it's not about being a linguistic prescriptivist/purist; it's about disliking bad spoken languages/dialects/speeches because of a) diglossia, and/or b) on purpose ignorance.
I don't count c) hatred for a language, because those directly don't speak it.

[Thry]

lol c) would be funny, "I HATE THIS LANGUAGE AND IM GONNA SPEAK IT THE WRUNG WAY."

[Izambri]

lol c) would be funny, "I HATE THIS LANGUAGE AND IM GONNA SPEAK IT THE WRUNG WAY."

We could consider that a kind of boycott then, no? XDXDXD

[Thry]

Yea, destroying it from the inside (lets biguín güid inglis!).

[ol bofosh]

Yea, destroying it from the inside(lets biguín güid inglis!).

Too late, the Americans got there before you (goes hide behind somewhere safe...ish). *whistling innocently*
Oh, and the chavs, let's not forget the chavs.

And there's no academy to "clean" it.

[Izambri]

Oh, and the chavs, let's not forget the chavs.

And there's no academy to "clean" it.

Chavs like the guys from Geordie Shore? Curious English they have. XD

[ol bofosh]

Oh, and the chavs, let's not forget the chavs.

And there's no academy to "clean" it.

Chavs like the guys from Geordie Shore? Curious English they have. XD

God, that program, horrible.

Geordie dialect has proud and ancient roots. There are chavs there, but "howay man" can be considered quite normal.

Chavs: Vicky Pollard (Little Britain) and Lauren Cooper

(interesting thing, "chav" has the same etymological roots as "chaval", both of which come from Gypsy dialects).

[Izambri]

(interesting thing, "chav" has the same etymological roots as "chaval", both of which come from Gypsy dialects).

And Catalan xaval and xava "boy"; xava is also the name of that Catalan social speech.

[L'alphabētarium]

Is the word "chav" used by chavs? Or is it an insult to them?
Is the word an insult to begin with, or simply descriptive of their "chavy" ways?

[Chagen]

Route as rawt. Pronouncing <ham> as [h{m] in birmingham makes me cringe. Or leaving the [h] our of herb, herbal, herbalism etc. Ad z[i:]bra. Or thorough with [ow], and how that's also used in adios. And Buddha as booda.

When species becomes speeshees. Schedule as shedule not skedule. I've heard them in British and American accents.

Jesus, what the fuck DO you like, you prescriptivist? Sorry if I'm not one of the Übermenschen for daring to have an American accent.


(also, who fuck doesn't use [budA] and [zibrA]?)

[Rui]

(also, who fuck doesn't use [budA] and [zibrA]?)

Pretty much anyone not from the US...not so sure about Buddha, but zebra is pronounced z[E]bra outside of the US.

As for me, I've said it before and I'll say it again: Boston accents. Oh god, Boston accents. Watching The Depaaahted was so painful, despite how good the plot and acting were. So. grating. It's pretty much the only American accent I don't like, though Philadelphia accents aren't exactly pleasant to my ear.

I also kind of don't really like [?]. My dialect of English uses it very sparingly (the only word I can think of right now that has it where it doesn't precede a word-initial vowel is "uh-oh"), and when certain dialects of English turn /t/ into [?] that can sound pretty awful to me as well.

[ol bofosh]

Is the word "chav" used by chavs? Or is it an insult to them?
Is the word an insult to begin with, or simply descriptive of their "chavy" ways?

I thought it was just describing a certain "fashion" (like punks, goths, hippies, etc., which can be an insult or not), and that's how I use it. Apparently it has "working class" connotations I didn't know about (think it mentions it on Wiki).

Jesus, what the fuck DO you like, you prescriptivist?

My accent! (you'll find my "standard" in my signature, please follow to the letter)

So... you don't dislike any particular phonological features/accents?

Sorry if I'm not one of the Übermenschen for daring to have an American accent.

You are forgiven... for taking me so seriously. Just some pet hates, quite irrational, I assure you.

(also, who fuck doesn't use [budA] and [zibrA]?)

Mine: ['bʏ.də] and ['zɛ.bɹʷˠə]. ['buː.də] and ['ziː.bɹə] just sound weird to me. (for Buddha, more standard dialects say [ˈbʊ.də])

route [ɹʷˠʏʉtʰ]
birmingham [ˈbœː.mɪŋ.əm]
thorough ['θɐ.ɹʷˠə]

Which probably annoy someone, somewhere.

[Vuvuzela]

['bɝ.mɪŋ.m̩]
[ɹʷˠaut]
['θɝ.ɹʷˠou]
(ducks behind chair)

[L'alphabētarium]

route [ɹʷuːt]
Birmingham [ˈbɜːmɪŋ.həm*]
thorough ['θʌ.ɹə]

*The [h] is really fainted, but "Birmingham" sounds weird without it. I could be saying [ˈbɜːmɪŋ̊əm] as well...

[Boşkoventi]

Route as rawt. Pronouncing <ham> as [h{m] in birmingham makes me cringe. Or leaving the [h] our of herb, herbal, herbalism etc. Ad z[i:]bra. Or thorough with [ow], and how that's also used in adios. And Buddha as booda.

When species becomes speeshees. Schedule as shedule not skedule. I've heard them in British and American accents.

[ˈbɚmɪŋˌhẽə̯m]

alsoː
[ˈðɚ.oʊ ~ ˈð̞ɚ.oʊ]
[ɚb] etc.
[ˈskɛdʒɫ̩]

How else would you pronounce "adios" in English, other than with /oʊ/? That's the closest sound most of us have to Spanish /o/.

[ol bofosh]

[ˈbɚmɪŋˌhẽə̯m]

Ah! The pain... XD

How else would you pronounce "adios" in English, other than with /oʊ/? That's the closest sound most of us have to Spanish /o/.

If there was no s on the end of that I dipthongise it too in my own accent [əʉ]. Such a bad habit.