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Post by MightyKhan on Aug 21, 2007 9:22:04 GMT
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Post by booboospooki on Aug 21, 2007 11:21:23 GMT
Well, of all the languages I have -some- familiarity with: Favourite: Japanese, because of its grammar and honorifics Most beautiful: French, because of its pronunciation Ugliest: Klingon, because of its pronunciation Easiest to pronounce/speak/understand: Spanish has a highly regular orthographyJapanese has very simple grammar Hardest to pronounce/speak/understand:English, for those who learn it as a third language, because of its exceptions and irregularity I can speak Afrikaans, English, German and simple conversational French.
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Post by tl on Aug 21, 2007 11:25:14 GMT
- Danish (Foretrækkes af 6 mio danskere) - Danish (Man bør jo reklamere for sit modersmål) - Kalaallisut or Greenlandic
Torben
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Post by Breña on Aug 21, 2007 17:07:19 GMT
This is a hard question to answer.
cause it is limited to how many languages you know.
How will you know y'don't like yiddish? or icelandic? or tagalog? and vice versa
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Post by ZeroGravitySE on Aug 21, 2007 17:37:28 GMT
According to some on these forums, I'm a inbred so these are my primary languages - Ebonics - Sarcastic English - Grunts and Moans in morning Most Beautiful - Japanese Most Ugly - French Easiest to Pronounce, Speak, Understand - English Hardest to Pronounce, Speak, Understand - Mayan
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Post by cathedralmaster on Aug 21, 2007 18:39:47 GMT
cause it is limited to how many languages you know. It's also limited to who you've heard it spoken by and how you've heard it - for instance, as one of my european history professors once said, your not really hearing german unless your hearing somebody yell it. When men speak french they just sound like dirty perverts, but hear a beautiful woman speak it to you and...
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Post by bhao on Aug 21, 2007 20:29:14 GMT
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Post by Breña on Aug 21, 2007 20:50:51 GMT
cause it is limited to how many languages you know. It's also limited to who you've heard it spoken by and how you've heard it - for instance, as one of my european history professors once said, your not really hearing german unless your hearing somebody yell it. When men speak french they just sound like dirty perverts, but hear a beautiful woman speak it to you and... oui, vous êtes corriger
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Post by crp0x90 on Aug 21, 2007 20:53:26 GMT
The best part is when, after all, he sais "I... I dont need help and support... I dont need help" xD. Yes, u need, from a chyldcare psychologist
Answering the post question... imo isnt so important what languages u've heard but the languages u use to speak/write when u try to decide what is the most hard to learn. Those languages grammatically alike seems easier to the student eyes.
My own language seems the easiest to me, and the hardest... the rest xD
Most beautifull... I really like how the english sounds, specially some expresions
Ugliest... Someone said Klingon.. I agree
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Post by Grudge on Aug 21, 2007 23:00:00 GMT
Not sure I could really pick any one language more beautiful or ugly than the next. I know a person who could have knocked out her teeth and spoke in grunts and still make it seem like the most gracefull speach ever spoken.
That being said, I think english is among the coolest and most fun to mess with. Where else can Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo?
~grudge
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Post by johannhowitzer on Aug 22, 2007 0:41:20 GMT
Favorite and most beautiful for me would have to be French. I've loved French as far back as I can remember, and took a French class in college because it seemed like it would be a blast (and it was).
Sorry crp0x90, but my least favorite language is Spanish. I say that provisionally, as I've really not heard many people from Spain speak it, and it is very different coming from their lips; but I really hate hearing Spanish as spoken by Mexican immigrants. I've worked alongside them in food service, heard the music coming from the radio in the back of the kitchen (pretty much a constant maraca beat, from what I could tell), and I'm just not impressed. It actually gets on my nerves, especially when I meet Mexican immigrants who somehow expect to be given the same consideration as native-born Americans, yet have completely failed to learn the language in five to ten years of living here. Call me crazy, but when Americans go abroad even for a visit... we consider it par for the course to learn the language before we go. People moving here and not bothering to learn our national language is just disrespectful. [/rant]
Easiest language to learn for me would have to be French, again - because I am motivated to learn it the most. Motivation goes a long way toward such things. Hardest... might be Spanish for lack of motivation, or any language involving a different alphabet, like Russian or Chinese or Arabic, since that's one more obstacle to overcome.
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Post by Grogbot on Aug 22, 2007 4:15:04 GMT
Call me crazy, but when Americans go abroad even for a visit... we consider it par for the course to learn the language before we go. People moving here and not bothering to learn our national language is just disrespectful. [/rant] BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHA! Ok, man, not only am I calling you crazy, I'm suggesting you are downright certifiable. Grog-the-Aussie (and just for the record, it's pronounced Ozzie, like Ozzie Osbourne, not Ossie-ryhmes-with-flossy)
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Post by crp0x90 on Aug 22, 2007 5:41:56 GMT
And you say you hear maraca from the radio while hearing spanish music... Just with spanish? Couldn't be your radio is soiled? jk, dont worrie, I understand u perfectly
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Post by Tipit on Aug 22, 2007 7:40:46 GMT
Johann, if you consider Americans learning the language of the places they visit to be learning one important phrase "Do you speak American" then I might agree with you... Otherwise I have to side with Grog. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I've had visitors up here from the US tell me that I speak "funny American". for the record, Canadian eh! As for my favorite language, has to be Cree, hearing my Grandmother speak it to my parents brings back a lot of memories for me. Least favorite, Thai, cause if i'm hearing Thai, then either my wife or mother-in-law is cursing me out for some reason or another.
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Post by johannhowitzer on Aug 22, 2007 11:23:13 GMT
OK, yes, I was wrong to generalize. And I'm usually so careful about that! Oh well. Anyone moving somewhere and living there for years without ever learning the language is extremely disrespectful. You can't really use that against me either, as I've never lived anywhere else. One of the biggest problems I have with illegal immigrants is that they seem to have absolutely no desire to learn about our language or even our culture. If I were moving to another country, I'd want to learn as much beforehand as possible, at the very least out of respect! But I realize I'm the exception, not the rule.
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