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| parasitius Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5792 days ago 220 posts - 323 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Cantonese, Polish, Spanish, French | Message 9 of 41 11 November 2009 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I can't imagine anything on the face of this earth touching Wenzhou-hua, a Southern Wu
dialect that sounds /absolutely nothing/ like Shanghainese. The first time I heard it was in a movie called 太阳照常升起 TaiYang ZhaoChange ShengQi. It was -- the most alien and mind blowing thing I had ever heard -- the short 10 second ancient poem sung by the main character so moved me I immediately rewound the DVD and played the segment 10 more times before continuing to watch the movie. If human beings are capable of making such amazing sounds, why should they wish to speak any other language? It's blocked here in Japan, but for anyone in China or other not-blocked countries that wants to hear it: 《太阳照常升起》疯妈用 温州话念黄鹤楼 , (another URL). Edited by parasitius on 11 November 2009 at 2:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gusutafu Senior Member Sweden Joined 5315 days ago 655 posts - 1039 votes Speaks: Swedish* | Message 10 of 41 11 November 2009 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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I also love certain Chinese languages and dialects, but I would have to vote for the dialect of Swedish that is spoken by Finland-Swedes. In second place, the accent of Church Slavonic used by Poles! Much better than the Russian version, probably because Russians pronounce CS almost as if it were Russian. I haven't heard any Poles use pronounce the nasal sounds of OCS, but that would be the ultimate thing.
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| parasitius Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5792 days ago 220 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Cantonese, Polish, Spanish, French | Message 11 of 41 11 November 2009 at 2:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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By the way (hopefully everyone who posted so far will see this!) if you mention anything
exotic and have a link for us to actually get to hear it -- please provide one! I think we all should have no problem finding out what Russian or Tagalog sound like by searching for a radio station online or something, but I wouldn't know where to find a good sample of "Swedish spoken by Finland-Swedes", although I am deadly curious to hear it. Edited by parasitius on 11 November 2009 at 2:53pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5289 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 12 of 41 11 November 2009 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | ||
Hi Parasitius, You can watch Finlands swedish TV programs here. http://arenan.yle.fi/lista//uusimmat/kieli/sv/navi/tv Edited by Marikki on 11 November 2009 at 7:53pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Elwing Tetraglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5302 days ago 43 posts - 51 votes Speaks: Swedish, Finnish*, English, French Studies: Norwegian | Message 13 of 41 11 November 2009 at 10:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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My favourite English dialects are probably the Scottish one (because it's so incomprehensible :P) and Geordie (don't know why it sounds so appealing to me). I also love the accent Swedish people have when they speak English.
In relation to the Swedish dialects, I particularly love that spoken in Gothenburg and I also quite like the dialects of Northern Sweden. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5761 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 14 of 41 11 November 2009 at 10:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here is a sample, both written and spoken, of the Gullah dialect, or creole, of coastal South Carolina, USA:
http://www.gullah.sc/content,gullah-language-lesson/ (sorry, but I had no success making a link for this!) I come from a Southern family on my mother's side, so I have spent a lot of time in South Carolina. There really is a significant cultural difference between the Northern and Southern regions of the country, although it's disappearing as more people relocate into different areas. I have heard Gullah described as a full creole, but many of the examples given here are still identifiable as some form of English. The man on the audio file does not have a typical South Carolina accent. I must have heard some of this before, because it is very vaguely familiar, but that's probably because some of these expressions have become part of regional speech in the area. This is a really interesting subject I might have to learn more about. When I looked at the Gullah recipes on this site, most of them are familiar! How about "Frogmore Stew"?! I have never had the courage to try it, even though I know that there are no frogs in it! Edited by meramarina on 12 November 2009 at 3:19am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5615 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic | Message 15 of 41 11 November 2009 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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In English, I'd say New Zealand(ish?). Kiwis talk the best :)
New Zealand News Report With German, I enjoy the Austrian accent for some reason. Austrian News Report 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gusutafu Senior Member Sweden Joined 5315 days ago 655 posts - 1039 votes Speaks: Swedish* | Message 16 of 41 11 November 2009 at 10:59pm | IP Logged | ||
I don't know if Finland-Swedish sounds beautiful to someone who doesn't speak Swedish, it might be that you have to know the rather boring standard dialect to appreciate it! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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