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| MLSUSA94 Groupie United States linguisticventures19 Joined 5710 days ago 50 posts - 53 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 1 of 49 23 May 2009 at 5:54am | IP Logged | ||
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Sorry by using the word "cool", for it was the only word that would fit in a topic title.
Have you ever been interested in a language, but not interested in a culture (or vice versa)? Recently, I have been interested in the structure and syllabary of Japanese. However, I find that the culture is a little too strange for my taste (no offense!). I also remember being very fascinated with the Native Americans, but the languages weren't that fascinating to me. Have you ever felt anything similar to this before? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| altito425 Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5962 days ago 65 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 49 23 May 2009 at 7:13am | IP Logged | ||
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I like Italian culture but the language does nothing for me, but I think that's just because I speak a language that's very similar to it (Spanish). And I'm with you on the Japanese thing.
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| Halbarad Triglot Newbie France Joined 5667 days ago 8 posts - 9 votes Speaks: French*, English, German Studies: Arabic (classical), Kazakh | Message 3 of 49 23 May 2009 at 11:12am | IP Logged | ||
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indeed, I like the Dutch way of life but the language is just strange to me.
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| Ashiro Groupie United Kingdom learnxlanguage.com/ Joined 5804 days ago 89 posts - 101 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 49 23 May 2009 at 12:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love the Japanese language and much of its culture but its rampant and militant racism that is the norm within the clture is very upsetting.
And I love the sound of the German language but its culture isn't that inspiring. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5917 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 49 23 May 2009 at 6:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love how Polish sounds, and I'd love to learn it (it would be so easy for me), but the culture just doesn't attract me somehow...
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| CaoMei513 Senior Member United States Joined 6847 days ago 110 posts - 113 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Korean | Message 6 of 49 23 May 2009 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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For me, I love the sound of Swedish, and I have already learned some, but the pop culture isnt appealing to me, so therefore the culture isnt that appealing (yes, I rate cultures on their pop music)
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| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5911 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 7 of 49 23 May 2009 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | ||
That's pretty much tantamount to saying "I rate cultures based on the behaviour of their pre-pubescent boys" :-) The majority of Scandinavians aren't particularly keen on our brand of pop either and don't listen to it at all. Just sayin' 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tyr Senior Member Sweden Joined 5784 days ago 316 posts - 384 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish | Message 8 of 49 23 May 2009 at 7:45pm | IP Logged | ||
I'd say the opposite with Sweden. I like the country but the language is meh. Russian I suppose would be it for me. I don't like the country so much but the language sounds and looks awesome. Edited by Tyr on 23 May 2009 at 7:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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