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10-30-2007, 02:45 PM
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Beautiful languages
I'm not sure if this is the necessary place for this sort of topic, but you know, whatever.
What languages do you find the most beautiful?
I'm fond of French (of course), Portuguese, and German can be extremely pretty if spoken well. If you disagree, listen to Lacrimosa. I'm referring only to the way they sound, I only speak English and a small bit of German.
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10-30-2007, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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I find the english language the most beautiful actually. Both in writing and in speech.
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10-30-2007, 03:04 PM
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Someone will probably kill me for this but....Finnish. I don't care who's speaking it, I die of joy when I hear it.
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10-30-2007, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tennessee
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Dutch/German and I agree on the Finish remark.
And French in a French-Canadian accent = <3
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10-30-2007, 03:35 PM
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Any language can be beautiful if spoken or written by someone with a gift of eloquence. But personally, I'm a bit partial to Japanese, French, and Spanish.
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10-30-2007, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Italian. It's the most romantic-sounding language I can think of. I also like Hawaiian. It has a great flow to it.
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10-30-2007, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
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French, definitely.
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10-30-2007, 05:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Happy Valley, Utah
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Second the German. I'm also partial to the way Sanskrit and classical Greek sound--in my head at least.
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10-30-2007, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Florida
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German and Japanese have always been my favorite languages. French is pretty cool too, and I'm roughly learning phrases in Latin.
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11-01-2007, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Somewhere in this Universe, that's all I'll say.
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This reminds me of a movie called "A Fish Called Wanda". In it, one of the main characters is intensely turned on whenever someone speaks to her in RUssian, Italian or any foreign language for that matter. V. Funny!
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11-01-2007, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: On an industrial estate next to an airfield. Yeah, why the hell did they put a house there?!
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Japanese and Italian.
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11-01-2007, 06:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: south north america
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anybody ever hear Die Eier Von Satan by Tool? It's funny, because it's in German, and it's really really industrial and creepy. It's made to sound like some sort of Satanic war-banter or something. But it's really just a recipe for deviled eggs.
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11-02-2007, 01:35 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: CA
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German and Farsi
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11-02-2007, 02:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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I like Spanish and Italian most. Although any language really, spoken with eloquence and suavity, is beautiful.
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11-02-2007, 02:44 AM
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German...but im a bit biast.
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11-02-2007, 04:06 PM
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I love French, Russian, and actually English.
Those are the most beautiful in my opinion. Especially Russian.
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11-02-2007, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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I find Italian and Spanish to be the two most beautiful languages (and the sexiest) in the world.
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11-02-2007, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Jacksonville,FL
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Well Im learning japanese now,and I think of it as a beautiful language.It's deep and complex,and theres alot of versitility to it.
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11-02-2007, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: south north america
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I'm actually a bit fond of true old english. (as in anglo saxon)
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11-02-2007, 09:56 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Happy Valley, Utah
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Hear hear! Especially when they get all alliterative in their poetry.
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11-03-2007, 07:03 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
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I agree, Old English is really nice as well as French, German, Itallian, Finnish, and Spanish.
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11-03-2007, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
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Originally Posted by Rorschach Twin
anybody ever hear Die Eier Von Satan by Tool? It's funny, because it's in German, and it's really really industrial and creepy. It's made to sound like some sort of Satanic war-banter or something. But it's really just a recipe for deviled eggs.
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Are you serious??? That's too funny. I am going to have to check that out.
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11-04-2007, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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I've learned a little Japanese having lived in Tokyo for 5 months and I'm hoping to go to Uni next year to learn it full time (joint with Linguistics if I get my way).
There's a neatness and a tidiness about Japanese that I find fascinating. Yeh It's my favourite. As for being beautiful... certainly in its written form.
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11-04-2007, 10:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: south north america
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Originally Posted by ††BlackRose††
Are you serious??? That's too funny. I am going to have to check that out.
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Ha yes. It used to scare me, then I found out what it was actually saying. It's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpePJ5MJrJ0
(there's a video clip with Stop motion by the Brother Quay)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wl-OZ3breE
that is the Lord's prayer in Old English. Very... eerie.. It sounds like you should be able to understand it.
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11-04-2007, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Norway
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Latin! And old Norwegian. Around the viking era. Japanese is way overrated IMO. I also love Quenya, but I'm not sure if it counts. Finnish isn't bad either.
Oh, and I don't speak any of the above =/ But someday!
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