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View Poll Results: What language sounds best to you
French 140 31.39%
Italian 71 15.92%
Spanish 39 8.74%
English 52 11.66%
Russian 23 5.16%
Hindi 7 1.57%
Mandarin 8 1.79%
German 28 6.28%
Arabic 12 2.69%
Other (specify) 66 14.80%
Voters: 446. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-23-2009, 03:21 PM
 
Location: Back home in Kaguawagpjpa.
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arigatou*
You know what is weird, I've seen it spelled both ways. Which one is the correct way?
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Old 05-23-2009, 05:10 PM
 
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You know what is weird, I've seen it spelled both ways. Which one is the correct way?
Arigatou there is no other way. Arigato is incorrect . The hiragana is
ありがとう
arigato would be
ありがと
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Old 05-24-2009, 01:36 AM
 
Location: Germany
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Although I am a German girl I'd say that French is the language that sounds the best. If one can speak it fluently it is nice to listen to.
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Old 05-29-2009, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Portlandia "burbs"
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I hate the French language. They always sound like they're talking through their noses. Don't like German at all, either.

Italian is my favorite. It's melodic and has 'fire'.
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Old 05-29-2009, 11:19 PM
 
Location: In a room above Mr. Charrington's shop
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Brazilian Portugese
All Scandinavian Languages
Farsi
Chinese of any dialect
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Old 05-30-2009, 08:04 AM
 
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Although I am a German girl I'd say that French is the language that sounds the best. If one can speak it fluently it is nice to listen to.
and it is a lot easier to learn than english, because once you got the rules (including inaudible end syllables) it's pure elegance to use ....
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Old 05-30-2009, 04:47 PM
 
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Brazilian Portugese
All Scandinavian Languages
Farsi
Chinese of any dialect
I love the way Brazilian Portuguese, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish and Persian sound, but I don't like the way Chinese (except Shanghainese) sounds at all. You may not believe this, but I think Danish sounds like Chinese.
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Old 05-30-2009, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Ca2Mo2Ga2Va!
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I pick French and Italian!
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Old 05-30-2009, 06:26 PM
 
Location: A Nation Possessed
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but I think Danish sounds like Chinese.
Yes, the sound of Danish is certainly in a class of its own. It sounds very different from most all European languages. And even though Danish and Norwegian are almost the same in writing, they sound worlds apart!
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Old 05-30-2009, 09:31 PM
 
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Are Danish-Swedish-Norwegian mutually intelligible if they speak slowly to eachother?
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