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| 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 9 of 297 07 March 2005 at 11:47am | IP Logged |
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I like the way Swedish sounds, but it is true that the language sounds a bit monotonous (in French : monocorde).
If I had to describe it visually, I'd say it is a black and white language, all in nuances and shades of the same colour. Some words are accentuated, which is the best give-away that an English-speaking Swede is a Swede. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| gogurt Newbie United States Joined 7207 days ago 17 posts - 19 votes | Message 10 of 297 07 March 2005 at 10:00pm | IP Logged |
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If you want to hear a sound clip with both Italian and Swedish in it, here it is:
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1997/fo-lecture.r am This is a clip of Dario Fo, 1997 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, giving his nobel lecture. It's in Italian with a Swedish interpreter, so you get to hear both. :P You can find the text of the whole lecture here: http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1997/fo-lecture.h tml Regards, Jimmy Jin Olympia, WA, US 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| heartburn Senior Member United States Joined 7207 days ago 355 posts - 350 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 297 07 March 2005 at 10:35pm | IP Logged |
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Jradetzky, I don't think that there is one single "American" accent. But they are all pretty bad, Canadian accents included. The English spoken anywhere else is more appealing to me but surely because it's more "foreign."
I think that Italian is a beautiful language. I did the 10 cassette Pimsleur course just before I went to Italy for a month on my honeymoon. I fell instantly in love with it and learned just enough to get myself into trouble. I will learn it, but I have to finish Spanish, and French and German.... Really, Italian is on my short list. In fact I love every language. I don't think I've ever heard a language I didn't like. But my favorite language will always be the one I'm currently learning. What other way is there to stay motivated? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jradetzky Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom geocities.com/jradet Joined 7207 days ago 521 posts - 485 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, GermanB1 | Message 12 of 297 08 March 2005 at 11:04am | IP Logged |
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To Souley on Swedish:
When I got the Pimsleur Swedish and the FSI Swedish courses I started listening to them but had to stop because it was so unpleasant to my ear. Being a Germanic language, I was expecting to hear something like German, Dutch or English, but I was struck by the strange intonation pattern and by how vague or lightly pronounced some sounds were. It reminded me of Indian speakers of English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Seth Diglot Changed to RedKing’sDream Senior Member United States Joined 7224 days ago 240 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Persian | Message 13 of 297 08 March 2005 at 11:43am | IP Logged |
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Hei, Souley...
Jag kan inte tale på svenske...men jeg kan litt norsk; og derfor kan jeg skjønne litt av det svensket språket. Og jeg kan si også at jeg liker hvordan svenske høres ut. 
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| Seth Diglot Changed to RedKing’sDream Senior Member United States Joined 7224 days ago 240 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Persian | Message 14 of 297 08 March 2005 at 11:44am | IP Logged |
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Btw,
Hope that last post didn't violate the "no chit chat" rule. If so, my apologies. 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 15 of 297 08 March 2005 at 12:21pm | IP Logged |
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Seth,
Thanks for your concern for the (new) rules on the forum. Since you ask, I'd recommend you use the multilingual lounge for this type of discussion, it's perfectly appropriate. If you agree I'll move your post in Swedish over there. Edited by administrator on 08 March 2005 at 12:27pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Seth Diglot Changed to RedKing’sDream Senior Member United States Joined 7224 days ago 240 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Persian | Message 16 of 297 08 March 2005 at 1:24pm | IP Logged |
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Sure thing.
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