luhmann Senior Member Brazil Joined 5334 days ago 156 posts - 271 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: Mandarin, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Persian, Arabic (classical)
| Message 65 of 95 17 June 2010 at 5:29pm | IP Logged |
ReneeMona wrote:
I don't really like Portuguese because the speakers both sound as if they have a speech disorder. |
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No way! you idiot!
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GREGORG4000 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5524 days ago 307 posts - 479 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish Studies: Japanese, Korean, Amharic, French
| Message 66 of 95 17 June 2010 at 6:38pm | IP Logged |
After hearing some Portuguese, I'd say Romanian & Portuguese tied are the best sounding. I really don't know why they're so put down on the poll. Though I might also just have a natural bias against the main three Romance languages since they're so pushed to be studied in the U.S., but I really think that I like those two, and I'm really tempted to learn one of those first (even though French would be more useful for polyglottery because of the abundance of language materials)... hmm, choices, choices
Edited by GREGORG4000 on 17 June 2010 at 6:40pm
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Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6035 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 67 of 95 17 June 2010 at 7:29pm | IP Logged |
yay, French and Italian get the most votes :).
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vikramkr Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6070 days ago 248 posts - 326 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese
| Message 68 of 95 17 June 2010 at 8:40pm | IP Logged |
luhmann wrote:
ReneeMona wrote:
I don't really like Portuguese because the speakers both sound
as if they have a speech disorder. |
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No way! you idiot! |
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Agreed, ReneeMona's comment was idiotic, to say the least.
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ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5336 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French
| Message 69 of 95 17 June 2010 at 8:56pm | IP Logged |
vikramkr wrote:
luhmann wrote:
ReneeMona wrote:
I don't really like Portuguese because the speakers both sound
as if they have a speech disorder. |
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No way! you idiot! |
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Agreed, ReneeMona's comment was idiotic, to say the least. |
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I apologize for my previous statement as I realise it may have been a little too harsh. I simply meant to say that it seemed to me as if the two particular speakers of Portuguese I listened to mumbled and swallowed a lot of what they were saying and the sound of this did not appeal to me. It was not my intention to insult anyone and I'm sorry if I did.
Edited by ReneeMona on 17 June 2010 at 8:57pm
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noriyuki_nomura Bilingual Octoglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5341 days ago 304 posts - 465 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Japanese, FrenchC2, GermanC2, ItalianC1, SpanishB2, DutchB1 Studies: TurkishA1, Korean
| Message 70 of 95 17 June 2010 at 9:04pm | IP Logged |
For me, I like the sound of French the most, followed by Portuguese...take the words "meu coração" for example, it sounds so beautiful to my ears...AND, bossa nova is never quite like bossa nova if it's not sung in Portuguese!
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vikramkr Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6070 days ago 248 posts - 326 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese
| Message 71 of 95 17 June 2010 at 10:41pm | IP Logged |
ReneeMona wrote:
I apologize for my previous statement as I realise it may have been a little too harsh. I simply meant to say that it seemed to me as if the two particular speakers of Portuguese I listened to mumbled and swallowed a lot of what they were saying and the sound of this did not appeal to me. It was not my intention to insult anyone and I'm sorry if I did. |
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I find your dislike for Portuguese humorous, because you are studying Papiamento, which is a Portuguese-based creole language.
Edited by vikramkr on 17 June 2010 at 10:41pm
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 72 of 95 17 June 2010 at 10:48pm | IP Logged |
Le français, bien sûr ! Les langues romanes sont tous très belles, mais le français a une place spéciale dans mon cœur.
French, of course! The Romance languages are all very beautiful, but French holds a special place in my heart.
Edited by Levi on 17 June 2010 at 10:48pm
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