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A language you cannot resist?
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misslanguages
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Message 17 of 94

21 August 2011 at 8:51pm | IP Logged

English. I listen to English every day, and I can't get enough of it.
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zekecoma
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Message 18 of 94

22 August 2011 at 6:48am | IP Logged

I would have to say it would be German and Russian. I am just absolutely in love with
those two. I just find them so beautiful and other words, that I just cannot describe my
love for them.
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zsieri
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Message 19 of 94

23 August 2011 at 8:14pm | IP Logged

I had a soft spot for Scandinavian cultures when I was a teen for no special reason. These last years those languages and my wish to learn them have grown in me again when I watched some Swedish movies, I felt haunted by the sound of the language. I recently watched a Norwegian one, and I happened to like it even more! It sounded similar but even softer, just my impression...Hope to have the time and the chance to get started with them in a couple of years maximum, I'd really love to!
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Delodephius
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Message 20 of 94

24 August 2011 at 10:59pm | IP Logged

Mostly dead and classical languages. For instance Classical Greek, a little less
Sanskrit, then Latin and Classical Chinese.
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Alexander86
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Message 21 of 94

25 August 2011 at 8:57am | IP Logged

Chung wrote:

The nearest such language for me is Northern Saami (beating out Finnish, Hungarian, Polish
and Slovak). It's the second-most endangered language (15,000 native speakers scattered in northern
Fennoscandinavia) and tied with Inari Saami as the most useless one in which I've been sufficiently interested to
the point of (impending) study. However I can't stop thinking about it or reading or listening to stuff in the
language these days. Who cares that I still can't pick out more than the ocassional word or phrase?

Ever since I heard it used in The Cuckoo a few years ago, I swore that not only would I visit northern Lapland
(check) but that I'd also start learning the language (almost check; I bought the full course for Davvin and plan to
start working on it soon). Even though it'll be a tough slog to learn based on my experience with the similar Inari
Saami, I beam inwardly when thinking about Northern Saami as I reminisce about sleeping under the Midnight
Sun and dodging reindeers and swarms of flies on the fells of Sápmi.

Saami is the most beautiful language! I once had the good fortune to spend an evening communicating with
someone who spoke no English, and she spoke only Saami to me. I have no idea what we talked about, I have no
idea what was said - but it was one of the most beautiful moments of my life. What, really, can beat sitting on a
reindeer skin round a fire in a lavoo in northern Norway?

And as for the language that lies close to my heart: Swedish, while it reminds me of the beautiful country where it
is spoken and sounds so fantastic =) But Welsh is pretty close too.
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learnvietnamese
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Message 22 of 94

25 August 2011 at 11:08am | IP Logged

For me, I didn't literally learn English because I'd found it interesting.

But the more I learn it, the more I love it. I especially like learning English idioms. Once in a while, I'd feel very happy to come across an interesting idiom.

I figure I do love English.
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besarlalluvia
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Message 23 of 94

25 August 2011 at 5:10pm | IP Logged

Korean and Thai *_* Whenever I hear them, I have this urge to go and study.
Vietnamese has been calling me lately. I'll probably start it soon XD
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Josquin
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Message 24 of 94

26 August 2011 at 4:50pm | IP Logged

When I was in my teens I just couldn't resist learning Swedish. The language attracted me so much that I even took two semesters of Swedish at university. Recently, the same happened to me with Scottish Gaelic and Icelandic. I just had to study those languages regardless of the level of proficiency I actually reached in them - which isn't very much by now. But I couldn't live knowing about those beautiful languages without studying them.

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