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| Arti Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 7012 days ago 130 posts - 165 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: French, Czech | Message 1 of 13 11 February 2006 at 1:02pm | IP Logged |
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I ve read the quote of a king (i don't remember his name) who told that German is for speaking with an enemy, French is for speaking with a freind, Spanish is for God and Italian is for love.....what about other languges?
I thought about English...it's a language of mass culture and of globalism...what do you think of other languages? Edited by Arti on 11 February 2006 at 1:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Eidolio Bilingual Octoglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 6861 days ago 159 posts - 164 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Dutch*, Flemish*, French, English, Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian, Greek | Message 2 of 13 12 February 2006 at 7:36am | IP Logged |
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I think the king was the emperor Charles the fifth (1500-1558) ;-)
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| TDC Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6921 days ago 261 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French Studies: Esperanto, Ukrainian, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Persian | Message 3 of 13 12 February 2006 at 2:24pm | IP Logged |
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Actually he said:
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 13 12 February 2006 at 3:11pm | IP Logged |
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I looked up Charles Quint when I first read this post but could not find the quote. Thanks!
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| Zelaia Tetraglot Newbie El Salvador Joined 6809 days ago 29 posts - 37 votes Speaks: Spanish*, FrenchC1, English, Portuguese Studies: Kurdish | Message 5 of 13 18 April 2006 at 2:56pm | IP Logged |
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A friend of mine told that with some little changes:
English: to speak to men French: to speak to women German: to speak to the animals Spanish: for singing Francisco 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7104 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 6 of 13 18 April 2006 at 4:58pm | IP Logged |
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Interesting this would be brought up. I've always thought of Spanish as being a very good language for singing.
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| hot_flip16 Newbie Philippines Joined 6878 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Spanish | Message 7 of 13 11 February 2007 at 1:12am | IP Logged |
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HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR CHARLES THE FIFTH:
"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to musicians, Spanish to women, French at the Court, German to my servants and English to my horse." Do you believe he was really that discriminating? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 13 11 February 2007 at 4:28am | IP Logged |
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I doubt that he would speak French at court. He lived long before the time of Louis XIV where French really became popular outside France, and where the French succeeded in getting a Bourbon on the Spanish throne. He ruled a vast empire that comprised the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, much of Italy and Spain plus all the new colonies in the Americas. Why should he speak the language of just about the only country he didn't rule? Edited by Iversen on 11 February 2007 at 4:29am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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