What does English sound like?
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Hey don't look at me. Just cause I'm Australian doesn't make me all "G'day Mate". And for some reason, say if I'm playing TF2 with some Brits, I automatically start talking with an English accent. Same thing happens when playing with Americans too.
It´s strange (except it isn´t), but to me English sounds as natural as Finnish. Guess I´m so accustomed to it by now that I can´t listen to it with stranger´s ears (figuratively speaking). Finnish is my basic language, I translate every other language to Finnish, but I don´t, for the most part, have to actively translate English in order to understand it. The understanding is direct, so to speak. Of course I don´t hear English quite the same way I hear Finnish, but to me it also doesn´t have any characteristics the way, for example, German or French has.
So, I really can´t say what English sounds like.
So, I really can´t say what English sounds like.
Lulz, I live in the original Norfolk in England which means poor grammar and farmer accents from anyone else in the country. Oh, and webbed hands jokes. Admittedly I find them all funny, but then I don't have an accent nor do I consider myself truly a boy from Norfolk; I'm just British.Satin6T said:
German is a very ugly language, I agree. I don't know why but it reminds me of angry Klingon.MaxTheReaper said:
OT: It all depends on what variation of English you are listening too. I had a Spanish teacher that could speak around six languages and he said English was the hardest one he ever had to learn because it is so varied.
To me German does sound slightly angry, but also rather technical and precise, if you where giving directions or explaining how a car engine works German would be suitable. It's defiantly a mans language.
Japanese sounds very jittery and bouncy, as well as loud, it's words seem like quite a mouthful. Japanese, like German, also sounds a bit angry.
Chinese sounds even more jittery and bouncy and even more of a mouthtful than Japanese is, to the point that you carn't really take it seriously and it loses the anger which Japanese has.
French sounds rather wet and slushy.. can't really elaborate. Spanish sounds more vibrant and is a bit of a mouthful, it sounds like a rather passionate language.
Russian sort of sound's angry, but it't too fluid to be truly angry, Russian is the sort of language which rolls off the tongue and everything seems to rhyme, it's a liquid language, like their vokda.
That's all the languages i've heard enough off to provide a suitable commentary.
Btw, it's just occurred to me why English speakers see German as an angry language. For most people, when they hear German, it is whilst playing a video game or watching a movie and the Nazi's are yelling something along the lines off hande hoche!!or Halt! Englander! or schissen der Amerikana!
Japanese sounds very jittery and bouncy, as well as loud, it's words seem like quite a mouthful. Japanese, like German, also sounds a bit angry.
Chinese sounds even more jittery and bouncy and even more of a mouthtful than Japanese is, to the point that you carn't really take it seriously and it loses the anger which Japanese has.
French sounds rather wet and slushy.. can't really elaborate. Spanish sounds more vibrant and is a bit of a mouthful, it sounds like a rather passionate language.
Russian sort of sound's angry, but it't too fluid to be truly angry, Russian is the sort of language which rolls off the tongue and everything seems to rhyme, it's a liquid language, like their vokda.
That's all the languages i've heard enough off to provide a suitable commentary.
Btw, it's just occurred to me why English speakers see German as an angry language. For most people, when they hear German, it is whilst playing a video game or watching a movie and the Nazi's are yelling something along the lines off hande hoche!!or Halt! Englander! or schissen der Amerikana!
Why thankyou. (n_n)Spaceman_Spiff said:
Americans can sound smart too, in an odd way AronRa on Youtube sounds smart, but doesn't at the same time. It's what you say not how you say it if your accent isn't already "smart".
Wow thats actually a real good question, there are so many way to mock other languges,but i wonder how other countries mock American English.
Well, I'm a Norwegian who probably have a more developed English language than my native tongue, and therefore I find English to be rather facinating. I frequently substitute Norwegian words with English ones because there's usually an English word or expression which describes any given circumstance a lot better than it would ever be explained in Norwegian. I'm by no means a lousy writer in Norwegian either, but I tend to forget Norwegian words after an English speaking session. *Sigh* I wish I was English sometimes.
To return to the given topic, I find English to be a language which is very pleasing to the ear (or some accents, anyway). When talking I practise an American accent, because it's easier for me to prenounce and speak fluently in. However, I've heard I'm a genious at talking in a cockney accent when I'm drunk. I've yet to have that officially confirmed, though. May let someone film the next party I'm at, that ought to be a good idea.
Anyway, i liek inglish!1
To return to the given topic, I find English to be a language which is very pleasing to the ear (or some accents, anyway). When talking I practise an American accent, because it's easier for me to prenounce and speak fluently in. However, I've heard I'm a genious at talking in a cockney accent when I'm drunk. I've yet to have that officially confirmed, though. May let someone film the next party I'm at, that ought to be a good idea.
Anyway, i liek inglish!1
Actually Skandinavian languages has had a much bigger influence to the English language than German or italian. When we raided and ocupied half the country some words stuck like "Sitte" and "Sit" "Lov" "Law". There are hundreds of words. Especially from Denmark and Norway.
The French has also had a big inpact on the language when the Normans invaded England.
By the way, I love the langue, not as many hard consonants that stop the flow. I speak Norwegian.
The French has also had a big inpact on the language when the Normans invaded England.
By the way, I love the langue, not as many hard consonants that stop the flow. I speak Norwegian.
I can't say what English sounds like to a nonspeaker, but if you want to appreciate the sounds of it without your brain trying to automatically interpret it, try listening to music backwards. I would say try pig latin, but it is too repetitive and sounds unnatural. Alternatively, try reading a Dr. Suess book.
I always wondered this, is topped for a second and looked at words and spoke them while keepign my mind of their meaning. Was kind of a weird sensation because i relised we say alot of things twice or sentaces have certain rythems (how ever you spell that).
