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Hey, BRITISH English and French are nice. Both can sound a tad affected, if you are of the rough hewn- variety, though . Some Americans drawl too much - dragging the word AA-N-D isn't very easy on the ears.
Polish and Parsi are pleasant -sounding. Don't confuse the latter with Arabic.
Worst:
Slavic languages
Arabic
French (really depends on the person, can sound sexy and really annoying)
HEY! What's wrong with the Slavic languages? Someone else said they hate the sound of Russian, too. (Native Russian speaker, here.)
I love the tonality of Mandarin. Reading it is a bear, though, especially the traditional characters used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Dutch is highly unpleasant, IMO, because it's so gutteral, more so than German.
Faves: Finnish, Romanian, Native American languages & Mayan
Worst: Dutch
Spanish by far is the most annoying language by far. It does not flow well. IMO.
Listen to a newscast in Buenos Aires or Madrid. You might change your mind.
But, if one uses Mexican street slang like "que pasa, mamacita" as a barometer, then I could see how you would think that.
Tagalog, which is spoken by Filipinos, is irritating. It has the cadence of a corn popper.
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Hey, BRITISH English and French are nice. Both can sound a tad affected, if you are of the rough hewn- variety, though . Some Americans drawl too much - dragging the word AA-N-D isn't very easy on the ears.
Polish and Parsi are pleasant -sounding. Don't confuse the latter with Arabic.
HEY! What's wrong with the Slavic languages? Someone else said they hate the sound of Russian, too. (Native Russian speaker, here.)
I love the tonality of Mandarin. Reading it is a bear, though, especially the traditional characters used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Dutch is highly unpleasant, IMO, because it's so gutteral, more so than German.
Faves: Finnish, Romanian, Native American languages & Mayan
Worst: Dutch
When i hear Slavic people speak it sounds like they either have a giant ***** up their ass or they just sound irritated/annoyed/bored like they aren't enjoying life.
I agree. I have a Vietnamese friend and when she speaks it, I tend to at least crack a smile. It has a very loop sound to it. Like a very stereotypical Asian launguage when it's beeing spoofed or something.
Women can make any language sound nice
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(Native Russian speaker, here.)
