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| snovymgodom Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5730 days ago 136 posts - 149 votes  Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 17 of 120 14 August 2009 at 10:18am | IP Logged | |||||
I don't know about Hebrew, but I find Arabic fairly vowel-rich. Initial consonant clusters are non-existent in the standard language apart from foreign words, and consonant clusters consisting of more than two consonants are rare as well. Plus the fact that the three short vowels have long counterparts which are pronounced quite clearly and often emphasized in readings of the Qur'an. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| J-Learner Senior Member Australia Joined 6035 days ago 556 posts - 636 votes Studies: Yiddish, English* Studies: Dutch | Message 18 of 120 14 August 2009 at 10:34am | IP Logged | |||||
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I absolutely love the movie Team America and I don't think of "Derka Derka" when I hear Arabic. That movie was parody and anyone who didn't get it...well...yeah that's all I'll say on that matter...
I must admit that it is a pretty rough language. Hebrew is a bit smoother though and is very beautiful when sung. They both certainly do have vowels. Edited by J-Learner on 14 August 2009 at 10:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5843 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 19 of 120 14 August 2009 at 12:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Dutch and Hebrew probably sound a bit similar to somebody who isn't familiar with either. They have many of the same sounds and pronounciations.
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| nimchimpsky Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5616 days ago 73 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English | Message 20 of 120 14 August 2009 at 2:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I like Dutch but English with a Dutch accent is very ugly.
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| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5843 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 21 of 120 14 August 2009 at 3:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
You only say that because you are biased. :-) Everybody thinks that English with [<their own accent>] sounds ugly. In reality English with a Dutch accent sounds perfectly nice. I can think of some other accents that don't sound so great in English, but Dutch is not in that group. As you probably know, NL (and Scandinavia) are legendary in the UK because British people can't believe how good English most people speak. The only comment I'd say is that Dutch people use too much American pronounciation for my taste, bearing in mind that its only a short ferry ride from the UK, but quite far from the United States. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| healing332 Senior Member United States Joined 5625 days ago 164 posts - 211 votes | Message 22 of 120 14 August 2009 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Some Dutch pronounciations sounds like they are spitting up from the back of the throat and it is a turn off to me(though they are beautiful people)..I think Hebrew has this spitting sound also (they are also beautiful people i want to add)
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| densou Senior Member Italy foto.webalice.it/denRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6137 days ago 120 posts - 121 votes Speaks: Italian* | Message 23 of 120 14 August 2009 at 4:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Our bad ankward accent when we attempt to speak any foreign languages (but it doesn't apply for French, imo)
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5771 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 24 of 120 14 August 2009 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
I have a deep-rooted cultural prejudice against Bavaria. It's one of my guilty pleasures to keep it alive. ;) Yes, kidding. Edited by Bao on 15 August 2009 at 7:03pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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