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| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5914 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 73 of 120 16 August 2009 at 11:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Now that's interesting - Turkish is one of the languages that I have to keep off my hitlist and avoid altogether if possible so that I don't fall in love with it, because I don't have time for it and likely never will. I have a twisted appreciation for its sound and look, which is kinda related to how I feel about Hungarian and Hebrew - they don't immediately LOOK like something I'd like, but somehow I just find them fun and esthetically pleasing, and I can't figure out why.
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| Noir Bilingual Hexaglot Newbie Sweden Joined 5761 days ago 20 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Portuguese, Belarusian*, Russian*, English, Spanish, Norwegian Studies: Japanese, Korean, Armenian, Kazakh | Message 75 of 120 22 August 2009 at 8:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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In my own opinion, Thai and french are not very beautiful although I would not say ugly. I understand I am alone with this view point.
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| balessi Newbie Brazil Joined 5094 days ago 8 posts - 14 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: Mandarin, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, German | Message 76 of 120 19 December 2010 at 2:26am | IP Logged | ||
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The phonologies of Ubykh or ǃXóõ are a nightmare.
So, I think the ugliest sounding thing would be someone trying to spell them in an awkward way like Brazilian Portuguese speakers putting "i" or "tchi" sounds at the end of English words with a final consonant. For example: "that" -> "thati" or "thatchi" or even "datchi". This does not have anything to do with the fact that I am Brazilian, it's only because it sounds ugly, regardless of the nationality of the speakers and the language or languages being spoken. A second reason is because this shows that the speaker is a very bad and careless one, indeed! Well, anyone trying to speak a language and changing it in a way that conform to some phonological characteristics of his/her native language would sounds bad, I think. Of couse, one may commit those mistakes at the beginning of his studies, but the ugly thing is when that one exagerates this and keep going consciously or not on error even after being corrected by someone. The ugliness seems more connected to attitude. The only think worse than that is the sound of someone eating with the mouth open, like chewing(?) bubblegum. It is the worst of all to me and makes me really crazy. Edited by balessi on 19 December 2010 at 2:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| balessi Newbie Brazil Joined 5094 days ago 8 posts - 14 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: Mandarin, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, German | Message 77 of 120 19 December 2010 at 2:45am | IP Logged | ||
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<duplicate> Edited by balessi on 19 December 2010 at 2:45am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Pleiades Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5101 days ago 10 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English*, Welsh | Message 78 of 120 19 December 2010 at 2:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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While the designation of an 'ugly' language is wholly arbitrary I can't help but consider Greenlandic a very harsh and nasal sounding language. This, along with its astonishingly weird stress and tone render it the least mellifluous of all langiages. But I must stress that this is my opinion only, I'm sure many Inuits would disagree!
I've also found Vietnamese quite annoying to listen to, what a strange phonology it has! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Marc94 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5251 days ago 32 posts - 50 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian | Message 79 of 120 19 December 2010 at 2:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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I tend to find that many natives don't like their own language (including me). I think it has something to do with the fact that their language sounds 'old' to them, as they use it on a regular basis and think nothing of it being exotic or something along those lines.
Anyways, I think Mandarin sounds really harsh; it is quite hard to explain, as it's just the way my ears register it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| weshdim Senior Member Australia Joined 5204 days ago 19 posts - 31 votes Studies: Mandarin, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 80 of 120 21 December 2010 at 1:46am | IP Logged | ||
I find Vietnamese quite ugly but that ugliness is also very appealing and I have it on my list of languages to learn. Same with Cantonese. Maybe it's the challenge to master the pronunciation. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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