The worst sounding natlang ever

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Slurred languages don't really like I. Yet Norwegian study I. Oh the irony.
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nmn wrote:Slurred languages
:wat:

On topic: I don't like the sound of Polish, Turkish, Arabic and Persian, off the top of my head. I don't really dislike the sound of Finnish, but it sounds really silly [>_<]
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Ossicone wrote:I think the silliest bits of English are the damn /eɪ/ and /oʊ/.

Except for a southern (american) accent sounds god awful.
Why?
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Xing wrote:
Chagen wrote:Dude, that was back when I was an idiot and knew jack-shit about linguistics.

Once I started learning linguistics, I had a change of heart and took on my current "All languages are equal" viewpoint.
"All languages are equal" can mean different things. It can mean that all languages are capable of expressing the same kind of information. This is a scientific fact.
That's not true, not all language can express the range of numerals english ca, some dont have higer numerals than 3.
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Xing wrote:
Chagen wrote:Dude, that was back when I was an idiot and knew jack-shit about linguistics.

Once I started learning linguistics, I had a change of heart and took on my current "All languages are equal" viewpoint.
"All languages are equal" can mean different things. It can mean that all languages are capable of expressing the same kind of information. This is a scientific fact.
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Re: The worst sounding natlang ever

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arilando wrote:
Ossicone wrote:I think the silliest bits of English are the damn /eɪ/ and /oʊ/.

Except for a southern (american) accent sounds god awful.
Why?
Because it's personal aesthetic opinion. That's the whole point of this thread.

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Omzinesý wrote:I could claim that most Finns would name Finnish the worst sounding native language. They would mention a very beautiful word like my signature. But all languages can by esed beutifully or ugly.
Just quoting something from the past here. I've watched a few episodes of a Finnish cartoon, and I find the language very amusing.

To me, it sounds something like Italian, only with sexier words.

'Jumalauta' will always be awesome.
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testyal1 wrote:
Omzinesý wrote:I could claim that most Finns would name Finnish the worst sounding native language. They would mention a very beautiful word like my signature. But all languages can by esed beutifully or ugly.
Just quoting something from the past here. I've watched a few episodes of a Finnish cartoon, and I find the language very amusing.

To me, it sounds something like Italian, only with sexier words.

'Jumalauta' will always be awesome.
Than 'kahdeksan' a word more awesome will hardly find you.
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testyal1 wrote:
Omzinesý wrote:I could claim that most Finns would name Finnish the worst sounding native language. They would mention a very beautiful word like my signature. But all languages can by esed beutifully or ugly.
Just quoting something from the past here. I've watched a few episodes of a Finnish cartoon, and I find the language very amusing.

To me, it sounds something like Italian, only with sexier words.

'Jumalauta' will always be awesome.
It's interesting how every time people mention an example word in Finnish, it's a curse word.

Perkele.
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Discussed the question with Aszev; some extra clarification has been posted in the News Thread.
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CrazyEttin wrote:It's interesting how every time people mention an example word in Finnish, it's a curse word.

Perkele.
That's because we have the best curse words there are. Perkele.

Also, ravintolassa, goddammit!
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Point taken. Won't do this anymore. [:)]
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zelos wrote:
Chagen wrote:I'm surprised at the sheer amount of Japanese hate in this thread.

Maybe it's because I'm an anime fan, but I don't see a problem with it.
My reason was stated :P It sounds like a broken record due to its CV structure.
I seriously implore you to listen to this and this and tell me that Japanese sounds like a "broken record".

Because if you still do, then there's something wrong with your ears. Japanese is one of the best sounding languages out there.
Nūdenku waga honji ma naku honyasi ne ika-ika ichamase!
female-appearance=despite boy-voice=PAT hold boy-youth=TOP very be.cute-3PL
Honyasi zō honyasi ma naidasu.
boy-youth=AGT boy-youth=PAT love.romantically-3S
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If all languages are equal, how can Japanese be one of the best sounding languages out there?
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I have no problem with positive opinions on a language. I have a problem with negative opinions on languages.
Nūdenku waga honji ma naku honyasi ne ika-ika ichamase!
female-appearance=despite boy-voice=PAT hold boy-youth=TOP very be.cute-3PL
Honyasi zō honyasi ma naidasu.
boy-youth=AGT boy-youth=PAT love.romantically-3S
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Re: The worst sounding natlang ever

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Okay. So you don't think any language sounds bad, you just think some sound better than others. That doesn't mean you like them equally when it comes to how they sound, though. I guess that's cleared up now.
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Re: The worst sounding natlang ever

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It's more that I don't think any language sounds bad out of respect for its native speakers. Plus, I still think that not liking a language is one step from racism (sue me if you want, a ton of racists also hate the language of those they hate).
Nūdenku waga honji ma naku honyasi ne ika-ika ichamase!
female-appearance=despite boy-voice=PAT hold boy-youth=TOP very be.cute-3PL
Honyasi zō honyasi ma naidasu.
boy-youth=AGT boy-youth=PAT love.romantically-3S
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Chagen wrote:It's more that I don't think any language sounds bad out of respect for its native speakers. Plus, I still think that not liking a language is one step from racism (sue me if you want, a ton of racists also hate the language of those they hate).
Sorry, what? I mean, are you serious?
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"I hate the sound of Chinese" ---> "I hate people who speak Chinese."

Not that far of a stretch.
Nūdenku waga honji ma naku honyasi ne ika-ika ichamase!
female-appearance=despite boy-voice=PAT hold boy-youth=TOP very be.cute-3PL
Honyasi zō honyasi ma naidasu.
boy-youth=AGT boy-youth=PAT love.romantically-3S
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Chagen wrote:"I hate the sound of Chinese" ---> "I hate people who speak Chinese."

Not that far of a stretch.
That's like saying "you don't care for Thai food? Obviously you hate Thais! Racist!"
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