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Old 12-21-2011, 03:43 AM
 
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I love all languages! Well... Maybe except English. They can be very monotone. I very much like Japanese though and am trying to learn.
how can you call English monotone, Japanese is as monotone as it gets. Sounds like robots.
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Old 12-21-2011, 09:04 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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how can you call English monotone, Japanese is as monotone as it gets. Sounds like robots.
I think with English it depends on the speaker and accent. I can think of languages more monotone than either Japanese or English. In fact Japanese often sounds very excitable because the speakers seem excitable lol.
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Old 12-22-2011, 06:20 AM
 
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Absolute worst: Mongolian
Horrible: Polish, Romanian, German, Greek, Hayeren, French (i don't see how French is considered romantic. maybe cuz it sounds like one is choking on ***?)
Bad: Albanian, Kartuli, Russian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Hindi, southern-US-English, Canadian English
Pleasant: Slovenian, proper Brit. English, Italian, Mexican-Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese
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Old 12-22-2011, 08:02 AM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Absolute worst: Mongolian
Horrible: Polish, Romanian, German, Greek, Hayeren, French (i don't see how French is considered romantic. maybe cuz it sounds like one is choking on ***?)
Bad: Albanian, Kartuli, Russian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Hindi, southern-US-English, Canadian English
Pleasant: Slovenian, proper Brit. English, Italian, Mexican-Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese
Indeed, scholarly experts believe that is how the guttural sound of French developed.
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Old 12-22-2011, 07:49 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I could listen someone speak Italian to me for hours...I wouldn't know what they are saying, but love the way it sounds.

Not a big fan of French or Russian though.
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Old 12-22-2011, 08:12 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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I could listen someone speak Italian to me for hours...I wouldn't know what they are saying, but love the way it sounds.

Not a big fan of French or Russian though.
I find Italian sort of comical and amusing at times, often because they speak so fast.
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Old 12-22-2011, 08:13 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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After listening to samples on youtube, I think I have to re-order my original 3 'least favourite'. They are still the same, but would be:

Cantonese
Thai
Vietnamese
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Old 12-22-2011, 08:29 PM
 
Location: US Empire, Pac NW
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The countryside drawl in my opinion is the most annoying aberration of the English language. Sometimes when you talk with someone who has this accent, it's like pulling teeth waiting for them to complete a sentence. "Iwt taaaaaakes faaahv minoooots ta get anythaaaaaang out offffff their mawhtes!"

Stoner accents are similarly annoying. "DUUUUUUUUDE! I GOT DUH MUNCHIES!!!"
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Old 12-22-2011, 08:30 PM
 
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I've a great tolerance for unfamiliar languages, it is when the talkers sound like they are at each others' throats that I develop a bad headache.

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Cantonese
Thai
Vietnamese
Cantonese and Vietnamese, yes. Thai, not so much.
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Old 12-22-2011, 09:54 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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I've a great tolerance for unfamiliar languages, it is when the talkers sound like they are at each others' throats that I develop a bad headache.


Cantonese and Vietnamese, yes. Thai, not so much.
Maybe it's just cos I've spent 6 weeks in Vietnam and Thailand. Never cared much for the languages before I went. Obviously language wasn't one of the main reasons I visited. I did learn a few words though. Sitting in an internet cafe in Bangkok with a bunch of kids who spoke in the most annoying way I've ever heard. You'd have to be there to know.

Thai is far from soft and elegant most of the time. It's harsh and nasal.
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