Job Discussion Forums

Sashadroogie

Of course, it is the language of liberty and freedom from bourgeois oppression! Русский язык!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8z7Nt6tmfU

Feel free to add your reactionary opinions, hic!

ZeeshanMukhtar · Joined: 16 Nov 2013 Posts: 16

American English is my first language and my picks are:

- German (though I'm probably bias to this language because my favorite actresses are German Razz

)
- Japanese (I watch too much Anime)
- Russian ( IMHO, Russian is the sexiest sounding language of all, followed by French)
- French (One of the most sexiest language of the world)

johnslat · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:23 pm Post subject:

Dear Sasha,

SIgn language. Very Happy

Though Klingon is a close second.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam
John

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Topic hijack alert Wink

My candidate for UGLIEST spoken language:

Lëtzebuergesch

Horrid combination of (apparently the worst bits of) German and French, requiring high volume of spit to pronounce properly. beware particularly in train stations and on crowded sidewalks and pavements.

santi84 · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea

French was a lot more romantic before I knew how to speak it.

Teacher in Rome · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 1286

Or, turning the tables, the accent that is the most anathema to you?

Or maybe not. What might be grating to my ears might be music to someone else's!

psychedelicacy · Joined: 05 Oct 2013 Posts: 180 Location: Beijing

All languages have the potential to sound beautiful or incredibly ugly.

Arabic is a language that many people seem to find uneasy on the ear, but if they heard my Jordanian friend speak, I think they would re-consider, because his voice is smooth, gentle, relaxing and hypnotic. And similarly, while Italian is almost universally considered a "beautiful language", a woman I know has a very husky, rough voice - and of course it doesn't help matters that she's not a particularly pleasant person to get along with (always arguing, it would seem). When she speaks, her Neapolitan Italian sounds rather foul, I'm afraid.

I think it really depends, chiefly on the speaker - and dare I say it, perhaps the speaker's social class.

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

Hearing Arabic just ruins my day when I'm on leave.

corniche · Joined: 04 Jun 2012 Posts: 38

Blingcosa · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 146 Location: Guangdong

Beautiful? The best looking language is Chinese. Not so easy on the ear though - all those tones clanging together.

smithrn1983 · Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 320 Location: Moscow

i wish i knew. it's a language i heard over the summer in warsaw airport. It definitely wasn't polish, but i have no idea what it is. finnish is a particularly beautiful sounding language. i like the sound of german, too.

Teacher in Rome · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 1286

Hit me with the Romance languages...

The further south you go in Italy, the more beautiful the accent, in my opinion.

But this is one of the most beautiful sounding languages ever:

http://za.news.yahoo.com/watch--the-most-touching-mandela-tribute-came-from-the-least-expected-place-070947330.html

Warning: it might bring tears to your eyes.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Since no human knows all languages, I would suggest that the answer to this question is known only to the Lord.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:51 pm Post subject:

Or the Great Vozhd - an entity which has the distinct advantage of actuality : )

Hic!