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| TheNightBefore Newbie United States Joined 5819 days ago 29 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 33 of 76 08 July 2009 at 4:19am | IP Logged | ||
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English just needs more loopty loops, curly cues and giggles to make it the cutest language ever!
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| Caveben Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5665 days ago 40 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Romanian, Slovenian | Message 34 of 76 08 July 2009 at 4:25am | IP Logged | ||
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At the risk of being overly simplistic;If they think that my language is ugly and say so in a pertinent context, then no. If they are saying it to try and insult a person or people in an underhanded way then it is a different matter. I'd think that one of these happens far more frequently than the other in all honesty.
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| Juan M. Senior Member Colombia Joined 5899 days ago 460 posts - 597 votes  | Message 35 of 76 08 July 2009 at 4:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Everyone keeps saying how easy Spanish is, yet I've only seen it properly employed by a foreigner once: a Japanese expert on Gabriel García Márquez who came to the book fair in Bogotá a few years ago. I saw an interview with her on the news, and save for one or two small mistakes, her rendering of our tongue was virtually flawless.
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| icing_death Senior Member United States Joined 5861 days ago 296 posts - 302 votes Speaks: English* | Message 36 of 76 08 July 2009 at 12:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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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 37 of 76 08 July 2009 at 8:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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you know, everything depends on the insult itself. if a person sais just "Russian is ugly, stupid, no one needs it, etc. " it's his personal opinion, I don't care, really.
when I hear from the TV that an Ukrainian minister sais that Ukraine doesn't need this dog's barking language, I'm very offended for all my Motherland :(( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5335 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 38 of 76 20 December 2010 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't mind if people express any kind of opinion about my own language or the ones I study as long as it's not stemming from ignorance. I quite like hearing how my language sounds to others but if someone is the 1782nd person to call Dutch ugly based on having heard a Nazi officer yell orders in German in a holocaust film, that's another matter. The ignorance and the fact that I've heard it so many times before can make me incredibly angry sometimes.
Even though I'm all for people expressing their opinions, I do think we have to exercise a little restraint in venting our dislike sometimes. For many people their language is an important part of their identity and, like someone said on another thread, nobody should have to feel like there is something wrong with their language. Personally, I've noticed that since I've joined this forum I've become a little more self-conscious about my native language and when I'm speaking or listening to it I'm more aware of the gutturals it uses and how ugly they must sound to others. I've said a couple of thoughtless stupid things on this forum myself and I like to think I've learnt from them. These days I try to think of good ol' Thumper before I post anything. Edited by ReneeMona on 20 December 2010 at 3:53am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 39 of 76 20 December 2010 at 4:02am | IP Logged | ||
Perhaps you should show your friend this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZhu8SaodPw 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6372 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 40 of 76 20 December 2010 at 11:24am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't attach my identity to the language or languages I speak. I think that's rather
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