fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7146 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto
| Message 81 of 297 11 August 2005 at 1:10am | IP Logged |
I like Russian (spoken with a Moscow accent) and French. I enjoy German when it is elegantly spoken but I don't know I would call it beautiful.
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Shusaku Senior Member United States Joined 7100 days ago 145 posts - 157 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese
| Message 82 of 297 11 August 2005 at 7:54am | IP Logged |
Japanese, when spoken by a woman, sounds incredibly beautiful to me.
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Guanche Hexaglot Senior Member Spain danielmarin.blogspot Joined 7046 days ago 168 posts - 178 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, GermanC1, RussianB1, French, Japanese Studies: Greek, Mandarin, Arabic (Written)
| Message 83 of 297 11 August 2005 at 8:10am | IP Logged |
My personal choice is Russian. Being a native Spanish speaker, I'd like also to know which Spanish dialect you consider is the most beautiful...
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czech Senior Member United States Joined 7194 days ago 395 posts - 378 votes Studies: English*
| Message 84 of 297 11 August 2005 at 8:33am | IP Logged |
The Cuban dialect is the most beautiful to me.
However, there are particular sounds that I like in Mandarin. Like a 4th tone followed by le. Pu3 tong1 hua4 le, for example.
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gugers Triglot Newbie United States Joined 7047 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English*, Spanish
| Message 85 of 297 11 August 2005 at 5:18pm | IP Logged |
Hmm... to me: French and Italian sound pretty to me eventhough I know NONE of either. London English is terrific also, I WISH I learned it that way. However, English in general to me is more sophistication and practicality than beauty. I admire the fact that there are several ways to say the same thing, a more educated way, and one that's more common. However, to say that it sounds good is a different matter. As a Native "American" English speaker, I can't help but think my brethren (sometimes myself included) sound like we're lacking oxygen to the brain as it sounds pretty monotonous. Either soft ALL THE TIME, or LOUD ALL THE TIME. This is of course, my opinion.
Accents/Dialects I have a hardtime listening to: Deep South English, Boston English, Beijing Mandarin, Vietnamese...
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Aena Newbie United States geocities.com/mo Joined 7049 days ago 39 posts - 39 votes Studies: Mandarin, English*
| Message 86 of 297 12 August 2005 at 11:22am | IP Logged |
I'd say Sanskrit and its related languages; Romani, Slovene, Czech; select Niger-Congo, Native American, South East Asian languages; Italian, French, Greek dialects.
Some languages spoken with an accent or in a dialect in my opinion sound better.
Edited by Aena on 14 August 2005 at 2:42pm
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Holundus Tetraglot Newbie Belgium Joined 6978 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: French, German*, English, Portuguese
| Message 87 of 297 20 October 2005 at 4:30pm | IP Logged |
My favourite language is probably continental Portuguese, which I also speak, mainly because of its sounding. It can sound quite vulgar, tough also very sophisticated. The written language is also quite beautiful.
French is also very nice, though I do not really like French when it's written, it kind of bores me.
I also like the sound of SerboCroat and Russian, though I do not yet know the languages.
I also appreciate German, but as it is my mothertongue, it is not as fascinating as other languages.
Edited by Holundus on 20 October 2005 at 4:33pm
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 88 of 297 21 October 2005 at 6:06am | IP Logged |
I really like the sound of Arabic which is one of the reasons why I'm learning it. To me it sounds really guttural and "manly" (don't want to start a war of the sexes here, but it's what I feel!).
I also like Latin American accents, especially Cuban, and I think Italian sounds as if it's being sung rather than spoken.
Edited by patuco on 21 October 2005 at 6:08am
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