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| null Groupie China Joined 6125 days ago 76 posts - 82 votes  Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 97 of 118 07 May 2009 at 3:55am | IP Logged | |||||
Japanese is nowhere near the 2nd greatest language in terms of media existence. From a internet perspective, Japanese is the 4th largest in terms of popluation http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm and in terms of # of pages, .jp is well out of top 10. 
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| minus273 Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5765 days ago 288 posts - 346 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Ancient Greek, Tibetan | Message 98 of 118 08 May 2009 at 3:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
I would call (written) Hindi anything but ancient or classical. To me, it's obviously a very, very new language. Written Urdu has a classical feel but not ancient, I'd say. Edited by minus273 on 08 May 2009 at 3:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lynxrunner Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States crittercryptics.com Joined 5922 days ago 361 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Swedish, Haitian Creole | Message 99 of 118 25 May 2009 at 2:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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The number of people associating Spanish with illegal immigrants and underachievers is saddening. ;-; C'mon guys, at least try to overcome your stereotypes. Guess what: there IS a world of people that travel legally through countries AND speak Spanish! As for underachievers, I blame the US educational system. Spanish is often the only language available, widely considered easy, and (as this topic sadly proves) associated with negative things. Of course no 'serious' (I use the term sarcastically) language learner will care about it, so it's left to underachievers.
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| Satoshi Diglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5823 days ago 215 posts - 224 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Japanese | Message 100 of 118 25 May 2009 at 6:33am | IP Logged | |||||
Well, media that interests me. I mean, things that are inherently Japanese and not something I could find equivalents to in English. Though it was a sad thing to say, now that I think about all Arab has to offer media-wise (mostly books, but still). Also, I can't how internet stats have got anything to do with what I said. Edited by Satoshi on 25 May 2009 at 6:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jintro Diglot Newbie Belgium Joined 5872 days ago 16 posts - 32 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: German, French | Message 102 of 118 25 May 2009 at 11:57am | IP Logged | |||||
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The average (Dutch-speaking-)Belgian reply to languages. These are not my opinions, and please keep in mind that learning foreign languages is highly encouraged in Belgium.
English: Everybody speaks English, if you don't you must be pretty stupid. It's not a language you study, it's one you pick up. French: As if 8 years in high school wasn't enough. It's about time those Walloons start learning Dutch instead (sad, but true) German: Why would you want to do that? Do you have some kind of Schlager-fetish? They do have some funny words tough. Spanish: The midlife-crisis language! Italian: Was the Spanish class full ?? Portugese: Were the Spanish and Italian classes full ?? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Vinlander Groupie Canada Joined 5821 days ago 62 posts - 69 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 103 of 118 30 May 2009 at 8:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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French: it sounds so romantic, lol it sounds like complete gibberish, it just sounds like blahblah,blah le blah blah. I guess hearing more of the Quebec French creates that image, but I can't think of any other language that sounds so bad when spoken poorly. Being fluent mean's you know how to say Blah 400 different ways. Furthermore the most annoying part is that people that like it seem to Judge almost any other language that isn't a Romance language as sounds very strange.
Spanish: To me it just seems like another English, well I guess a Latin English. but all the same it's a language that is just to common for my tastes. Italian: honestly I can't take the language seriously, I have a great deal of respect for Italy but they should just learn Spanish. Portuguese: The only romance language that I find isn't tainted with obnoxious stereotypes. It sounds very exotic to my ears. It seems to have all the best parts of all the other Romance languages. Also the idea of Brazil emerging as a wording power makes it all that more appealing to learn. The country has so many interesting things, rain forest, a diverse mix of people from every corner of the Globe, Bio fuels, slums, etc. The country is the premiere advertisment for national geographic. Russian: A very strange but elegant language. Every part of it very unique. German my goal. A very elegant and refined language. When I think of high class Europeans I think of Germans. Nice cars, complex grammar, efficient housing, a culture that isn't too proud to adapt from other people unlike the French, a country that is major contributor of European history for the last 1500 years, a country of classical music, scientists, and massive amount of descendants in the America's. It's got it all. Yet all you hear is Nazi stereotypes or lame jokes about rough sex. Don't get me wrong some dialects sounds quite awful but some sound very sophisticated. Come just think if you hear someone from continental Europe, the best sounding ones always come from either Germany or the other Germanic countries. Edited by Vinlander on 30 May 2009 at 8:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5909 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 104 of 118 30 May 2009 at 9:29am | IP Logged | |||||
How so? Italian's delightful...! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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