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| qklilx Moderator United States Joined 6188 days ago 459 posts - 477 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Korean Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 15 12 June 2009 at 5:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I was planning to make this thread earlier and then that WPM thread came up, which has a related topic.
What language would you guys consider to be the easiest to speak fast in? Also, has anyone here who can talk at a faster than usual pace in their native language ever tried speed talking in another language? For me as I become more comfortable in Korean I find myself trying to apply my English speed (7-11 words a second depending on sentence content), although some have told me that my accent deteriorates when I do that. But it's really hard for me to talk at the speed of the average English speaker; it takes more concentration that I have so little bursts of speed are thrown into my speech every few sentences. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| wyk_snfchiu Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 5696 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English, Mandarin, Cantonese* Studies: French | Message 2 of 15 12 June 2009 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Korean might be a little harder, as they have weird sounds most English speakers would be unfamiliar with, and hence hard to master especially when talking fast.
If you must speak that fast though, I would suggest first practicing with a passage - speak it slow and clear, and gradually speed up. I have no idea how that would turn out for you, for Korean, but it worked well for my French so far. It's also how fast you can think in that language. If you have to translate it from your native language every time, you'll always speak slow. If you can think in that language, then grasping every opportunity to practice it with native speakers should be enough to get you speaking fast and fluent. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| will72694 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5706 days ago 59 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 15 12 June 2009 at 8:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Mexican Spanish. I live in an area of the US where there are many immigrants. It seems to me that they speak
mind-blowingly fast. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| snovymgodom Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5727 days ago 136 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 4 of 15 12 June 2009 at 10:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I would think that a language that has a lot of open syllables like Japanese or Swahili would be easy to speak quickly. Spanish also has this advantage because it doesn't have too many complicated consonant clusters.
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| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6720 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 5 of 15 13 June 2009 at 12:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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I seem to speak very slowly as compared to native Hungarians. At the moment, my brain & my 'tongue' can't go that fast! I get muddled up if I try too hard. I figure they'll just have to deal with me talking slower than usual for a while!
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| miguelsantiago Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5682 days ago 36 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 6 of 15 13 June 2009 at 1:09am | IP Logged | |||||
I agree Spanish is fast. At least to me, it's like the fastest language I have ever heard. Faster than French, Italian, Portuguese, a lot faster sounding than any German language. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Fetai Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5747 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English, Dutch* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 15 13 June 2009 at 1:44am | IP Logged | |||||
Personally I think that the Romance languages are way faster than Germanic languages. I'm not sure about other languages though, but I'd go for Spanish as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| qklilx Moderator United States Joined 6188 days ago 459 posts - 477 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 15 13 June 2009 at 7:59am | IP Logged | |||||
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I want to kind of question Spanish. Can someone who speaks it find information on rapper Big Metra? He likes to rap fast in a lot of his songs but the fact that I can move my feet across a 7-foot space (see: Pump It Up) as fast as he can rap doesn't bode well for his speed. Is he considered one of the fastest Spanish rappers?
But I do agree that Spanish does sound fast at times. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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