datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5585 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French
| Message 17 of 41 12 November 2009 at 12:57am | IP Logged |
I love Australian and Great Britain English,
I like Hoch Deutsch (Berlin :D )
Mexican/Puerto rican Spanish
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Aucassin Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5493 days ago 22 posts - 25 votes Speaks: English*, French
| Message 18 of 41 12 November 2009 at 5:07am | IP Logged |
For the languages that I know well enough, I must say that I love the rhythm of Castilian Spanish the best
(although Spanish does come in many exciting flavors.) And while the people of Tours-La Touraine speak the most
balanced, beautiful continental French, God help me, I love the sound of the Québecois twang (from the Québec
City area.)
Edited by Aucassin on 12 November 2009 at 5:10am
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Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish
| Message 19 of 41 12 November 2009 at 4:57pm | IP Logged |
I was most fascinated by the Lachian dialect. It's spoken in a small area along the border of northeastern Czech Republic and southern Poland. When I first encountered it, it came off as a mix of Czech and Polish with German or Slovak-sounding words here and there for good measure. It was a bit like a Western Slavonic creole.
As for English or French, none of the dialects that I've been exposed to so far have blown me away or impressed me. I guess that I'm fairly desensitized to them :-P
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pfwillard Pro Member United States Joined 5699 days ago 169 posts - 205 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map
| Message 20 of 41 14 November 2009 at 10:59pm | IP Logged |
Levi wrote:
What are your favorite dialects, for English or for any other language you speak/study, and why?
For English, I think my favorite dialect is Australian. I enjoy the vowel sounds, and the fact that they seem to be undergoing something similar to what happened during the Great Vowel Shift. In Spanish, I like listening to an Argentine accent, but I can't say exactly why. What about you? |
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I like Strine the best as well, especially if it's too broad for me to comprehend.
Edited by pfwillard on 15 November 2009 at 1:44am
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tritone Senior Member United States reflectionsinpo Joined 6120 days ago 246 posts - 385 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, French
| Message 21 of 41 15 November 2009 at 3:40am | IP Logged |
My favorites:
English: Jamaican
-If I concentrate hard enough,I can just make it out.
Portuguese: São Miguel Açores
-totally unintelligible, and unrecognizable, but fun to listen to because of all the strange sounds.
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pitwo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6159 days ago 103 posts - 121 votes Speaks: French*, English
| Message 22 of 41 15 November 2009 at 6:46am | IP Logged |
Gusutafu wrote:
I don't know if Finland-Swedish sounds beautiful to someone who doesn't speak Swedish, it might be that you
have to know the rather boring standard dialect to appreciate it! |
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Finland swedish sounds nice !
not that I can tell what they're saying :)
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jessikt Triglot Groupie Austria ichestudiolangues.co Joined 5834 days ago 98 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: SpanishA2, Swedish
| Message 23 of 41 18 November 2009 at 1:15am | IP Logged |
Austrian (Burgenland and Vienna) German!
Madrid Spanish :)
Edited by jessikt on 18 November 2009 at 1:16am
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Icaria909 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 201 posts - 346 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 24 of 41 22 November 2009 at 7:58pm | IP Logged |
Andalusian Spanish
St. Petersburg Russian
New York English (I wish i had this accent =(
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