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| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6869 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 33 of 60 29 January 2011 at 3:02am | IP Logged | ||
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The name of a language can affect how I see its color, too, but not always. Norwegian is a bright red, whereas Danish is blue and Swedish is yellow. I suspect this is because of the R in Norwegian. Arabic also is quite bright red for the same reason, but not in the same way was Norwegian. (In fact, each language looks subtly different, even if its dominant color is the same as another one.)
However, German has an R in its English name, yet it is still quite a dark-toned language. And I don't think Finnish's name affects the way I perceive it as beautifully deep and clear blue - one of the only languages I can think of that is almost completely one color. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 34 of 60 29 January 2011 at 3:57am | IP Logged | ||
I go by a combination of the name, sound, and how it looks when written. In the case of Luxembourgish and Xhosa, it's just based on the names because I have never heard them and haven't seen them written very much, if at all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5345 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 35 of 60 29 January 2011 at 4:53am | IP Logged | ||
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I would have to say I rather speak in German than in English. Yes English is my native
but just prefer German because I find it a beautiful language unlike any of the romantic languages (I'm not hating). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5174 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 36 of 60 29 January 2011 at 5:02am | IP Logged | ||
If you would like to hear some Xhosa, try listening to Miriam Makeba's "Click Song". In this video, she also gives a demonstration of how to execute the click sounds. I thought it was amusing. Not to mention I don't think I'll be pronouncing Xhosa anytime soon. Edited by strikingstar on 29 January 2011 at 5:03am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5336 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 37 of 60 29 January 2011 at 11:20am | IP Logged | ||
Not insane, just synaesthetic. ;-) And you're right, some combinations of languages do look beautiful. I like your Korean, Swahili, Portuguese combo, but not with Malay because that would make it too yellow. I like diverse combinations of dark and light colours, broad and narrow, sharp and soft, warm and cool, etc. Arabic Greek Romanian Italian Vietnamese Zulu Czech Indonesian Italian 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6869 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 38 of 60 29 January 2011 at 12:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ellasevia's description is also accurate for me: name, sound and how it's written all influence its overall color and personality to me. However, I've never have thought of language groups exactly, just whole lists of languages I want to learn or don't want to learn. :-)
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| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6950 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 39 of 60 31 January 2011 at 4:27am | IP Logged | ||
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As I'm not synesthetic, I hope Ari won't mind me stealing his template!
English, for me, is like milk. I drink it quite often without thinking about it. I used to think it didn't really have a distinct taste (or I guess I never really considered it at all), but lately I've become able to love and appreciate its flavor. As with speaking English, I drink milk so often out of habit that I don't need to worry whether my daily intake is enough, unlike others who have to consciously make sure they're getting enough - in fact, I'm sure it would better for my health to go with other drinks more often! German, for me, is like vegetable juice. In a perfect world, it's what I should be drinking, because it would be the most beneficial for me. It's not that I dislike it, but that I'm rarely in the mood to choose it over other drinks. Once I take a sip of it, though, I'm hooked on the taste, and resolve to start drinking it more regularly... Sadly, it's a resolution I forget pretty quickly! Japanese, for me, is like green tea (who saw that one coming?) At first, I wanted to like the taste, but it was too bitter and different from any other tea I'd had before. I had to force myself to drink it and trick myself into thinking I liked it more than I did, partially out of gratitude to the hosts who prepared it for me (i.e. my Japanese host family, teachers, friends, and all those who had given me their time and encouragement so I could learn the language). I don't remember at what point I began to actually enjoy the taste without taking pains, but one day I realized that I loved it and was genuinely looking forward to my next cup. Finally, I settled into a phase where it wasn't something exotic and delicious anymore; it was an effortless and habitual part of my everyday life. The thought of a cup of green tea doesn't get me excited anymore, but it feels comfortable, agreeable, and natural. I can't imagine my life without it. Persian, for me, is like an ice cream smoothie with fresh strawberries and passionfruit: the guilty pleasure that I can trick myself into believing is healthy. It's just exotic-sounding enough to lure me in, but the taste is nothing too unfamiliar, albeit with a small kick. I can't decide whether it's good or bad for my current diet to be drinking it every day, but in the meantime I keep making excuses because I can't get enough. Edited by Lucky Charms on 31 January 2011 at 4:37am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6373 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 40 of 60 31 January 2011 at 5:43am | IP Logged | ||
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For me it's still French. I love speaking it. I love hearing it. I love reading it. It
looks good, feels good, and sounds good. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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