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[Days like these...]

Cantonese and Thai

I agree but would also throw in Vietnamese and Tagalog/Filipino. How anyone could hate the sound of one of romance languages seems odd to me. I think maybe they're letting their biases/prejudices against certain cultures affect their judgement.

 

[Angelcurio]

Creole.

Its a downgraded version of french that is commonly used in Haiti.

 

[EktorPR]

Mexican Spanish.

I. too. HATE IT.

 

[Days like these...]

I. too. HATE IT.

Proper mexican spanish isn't so bad. Have you guys heard central american, salvadoran, panamanian spanish? Talk about butchering a language. Not to derail the thread my fave spanish accent is Colombian the inflection in the tone is cool and the girls sound so sexy.

 

[Zaptruder]

Yeah, maybe you have just been in the middle of too many family fights.

More that my mom is a loud loud person. Plus news broadcasts in mandarin grind me down too.

I'm not saying that it's the worst sounding language out there... far from it... the thread has just made me realise that I'm not particularly enamoured with the way it sounds.

 

[keanerie]

I grew up in a Cantonese-speaking household and I know well how grating the language can be.

Somehow Vietnamese is worse, though.

 

[Cheebs]

this is the second time in a week i've heard this wanky bullshit - someone LEARNS a ****ing language to help them enjoy _their_ hobby and it annoys you?

It's not ALL of them of course but you do know the type I refer to. The Japaneses wannabe types who use Japaneses words, Japaneses emoticons, and random anime avatars and seem to worship the Japaneses culture. Those Americans who act like that are the freaks that turn me off.

[rant]You are AMERICAN, not JAPANESE. Stop pretending to be! Things aren't better because they are Japanese! [/rant]

 

[Stele]

Those people are very rare. It's just that the internet kind of congregates them to one place. I still remember in 10th grade when the global studies teacher split us into groups and asked us to write down three famous Japanese people we knew, everybody wrote down Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Lucy Liu. :lol

 

[Cheebs]

Those people are very rare. It's just that the internet kind of congregates them to one place. I still remember in 10th grade when the global studies teacher split us into groups and asked us to write down three famous Japanese people we knew, everybody wrote down Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Lucy Liu. :lol

They are indeed rare in real life but online there everywhere and they deserve death.

 

[Gattsu25]

Asian Languages
American English (The Country)
American English (The South)
Gaelic
edit:
Oh Shit! How could I forget?

Creole.
Creole.
Creole.
Creole.
Creole.
Creole.
Creole.
and
Creole.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

It's not ALL of them of course but you do know the type I refer to. The Japaneses wannabe types who use Japaneses words, Japaneses emoticons, and random anime avatars and seem to worship the Japaneses culture. Those Americans who act like that are the freaks that turn me off.

[rant]You are AMERICAN, not JAPANESE. Stop pretending to be! Things aren't better because they are Japanese! [/rant]

I can see what you mean. In my case though, I actually started becomming interested in Japanese culture because of anime, but in my Japanese language classes, anime is almost never mentioned. There is so much more to Japan than just anime.

With that said, I like hearing my father argue with people in Arabic. I don't know why, they could be talking about something like where to eat for dinner, but it just sounds tough.

 

[Steriletom]

I wonder how many people listing German are going off of Hitler clips and stand-up comedy imitations. It's a very pleasant language on the ears when spoken by a native speaker who is not pontificating.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

I think both languages are spoken in Brussels.
And yeah, Belgium is a mess. But the people are nice.

Maastricht is an awesome city. The people speak a language amongst themselves, but they speak regular Dutch too - only with an accent. It'll probably sound more pleasant to you.

Frisian is an official regional language derived from Dutch, as well as Limburgish (which is spoken in Maastricht). But only the people in those specific regions speak it, and they're often (and incorrectly) referred to as dialects. Limburgish has a few variations too. The language in northern Limburg differs from that in southern Limburg.

I speak Frisian and I have noticed that many words are closer to English than to Dutch. AFAIK it is derived from the original Germanic/Keltic languages with a hint of French(like any other Western European languages.

Dutch is a language with very hard consonants like German. It's a good language to express yourself when you're angry.

Most annoying is Luxembourgish. It sounds like German French and Dutch mixed together without being recognisable as any of the languages.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

German, French, Italian, Spanish.

And Dutch is awesome.

This can only come from a Dutch person.

 

[Instigator]

I wonder how many people listing German are going off of Hitler clips and stand-up comedy imitations. It's a very pleasant language on the ears when spoken by a native speaker who is not pontificating.

The thing is, you don't even have to hear Germans speak German. You get a pretty good idea when hearing them speak English with a thick accent. Granted, many young Germans nowadays are quite fluent in English thanks to television, but you don't have to look far to see a German speaker overaccentuate English.

 

[Raguel]

Almost all the asian language annoys me (especially vietnamese and japanese (I'm viet). They are rough to hear and coarse and and irritating they get everywhere. Not like french. It's soft and smooth.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I don't see the love/hate for Japanese here. On the one hand, it's not tone-based (or whatever) like Chinese, with all the ups and downs. It's easy to listen to. On the other hand, the point still stands that Japanese school kids are probably the most loud and obnoxious creatures on God's green Earth. And I'm not just speaking from watching anime, they're always at theme parks in California. It's like they all have a complex where they have to be totally loud and obnoxious to seem cool.

Ugh.

 

[Instigator]

Almost all the asian language annoys me (especially vietnamese and japanese (I'm viet). They are rough to hear and coarse and and irritating they get everywhere. Not like french. It's soft and smooth.

Is this Anakin Skywalker talking?

 

[Karakand]

Arabic... Im arabic...

! عيب علك

 

[Grifter]

Another vote for Thai/Viet/Tag/Animalese.

Best is Lunatean.

 

[Particle Physicist]

I really don't like the sound of american english. (especially the "r")

there are many different accents in america.. which one specifically? and dont say all of them, because they all pronounce the r's differently


. and those of you who hate spanish should really listen to some guatemalan spanish. its very pleasant sounding.

 

[Dommel]

I dislike the languages which have no recognizable words for me at all (asian, arabic). Just listening to german, french or spanish you can usually make out keywords to have at least a little idea of what the conversation is about.

My gf is filipino and when she talks to her girlfriends (different dialect for every girlfriend it seems. Tagalog, Visayan etc) i have no clue what's going on and that annoys me.

Maybe they're talking about me and getting my fat ass off the couch instead of playing games all the time when they visit, I wouldn't know

 

[Bit-Bit]

Yeah, Vietnamese sucks as a language.

 

[saelz8]

Thai
Not fond of german even though I grew up in the country

 

[NetMapel]

To all people voting for Chinese, take notice there is a big whooping difference between the Chinese that mainlanders speak, and the Chinese that Taiwanese speaks. Let me be more clear... Mainlander Chinese sound ridiculously bad >_<

 

[Pochacco]

I like the way Mandarin sounds (unless you have a thick mainland accent). It's very smooth.
I know Cantonese so I can't judge it objectively, but most people agree that it's a lot more harsh than Mandarin.

Still, I don't think Cantonese is half as bad as Filipino, Thai (see Ong-Bak), Vietnamese, or Indian languages.

 

[Grifter]

Yes, because all mainland Chinese is the same dialect.

On top of that, some people specifically singled out zh-tw_TW.

 

[lexy]

Japanese is annoying when Asian women try to sound "cute" while speaking it.

**** you. It's not cute. Stop talking like a retard.


I don't like the way tagalog sounds either, everytime I hear it I'm like damn, are you mad at me? But they're not, it's just the way it's spoken.

 

[Orlics]

^ Okami language.

Also, the name of the Filipino tongue is Tagalog, you uncultured ****s.

It's actually Filipino. Tagalog is a language spoken by most Filipinos though. Filipino is mainly Tagalog with some elements of other languages in the Philippines, and with some Spanish.

 

[Stele]

To all people voting for Chinese, take notice there is a big whooping difference between the Chinese that mainlanders speak, and the Chinese that Taiwanese speaks.

:lol The difference is Taiwan people speak Mandarin like sissies with a slow speech impediment. And then there's Minnanhua (Hokkien) and Kejiahua (Hakka) which are about as wonderful to listen to and relevant in today's world as pig latin.

 

[Giard]

German. When I hear someone speaking it, I always think he's angry. It sounds harsh.

EDIT: Creole...awesome suggestion

 

[ghibli99]

The look on the face of a mainland US person trying to decipher heavy Pidgin English is one of my greatest joys.

The one thing I find annoying more than the japanese language is Americans who attempt to learn it JUST for video games and anime. :lol

One of my friends actually did this.

 

[Stele]

I once wanted to learn Russian because I thought they had hot gymnasts.

 

[Escape Goat]

Wookiee

 

[iidesuyo]

Upper Saxon German and Bavarian German are pure evil

 

[monchi-kun]

is "Neo Conservative Rhetoric" a language? if yes then i vote for that

 

[Keru_Shiri]

Latin pisses me off though.

 

[sasimirobot]

Thai- and I'm semi-fluent in it. it is just one of the most annoying and difficult languages to speak and listen to.

"kao hee maa" can mean two things with a slight tone change or vowel length

1. White like snow
2. Enter the dog p****

 

[Gibbo]

:lol The difference is Taiwan people speak Mandarin like sissies with a slow speech impediment. And then there's Minnanhua (Hokkien) and Kejiahua (Hakka) which are about as wonderful to listen to and relevant in today's world as pig latin.

Singapore Mandarin FTW

 

[XenoId]

have you ever heard finnish?
the most ugly language ever!!

 

[Stele]

Singapore Mandarin FTW

The only Singaporean person I've ever met was this girl I nearly bagged but decided on my current girlfriend instead...but yeah, she didn't speak Mandarin; she spoke Singaporean English which she actually managed to adjust to reflect an American accent when needed. She knew a few words from Mandarin languages classes in junior college (which I guess is high school). Her pronounciation was akin to some Cantonese in Chinatown -- meaning not very good.

 

[Instigator]

have you ever heard finnish?
the most ugly language ever!!

Oh come on, those rolling R's are quite sexy, especially coming out of the mouth of Finnish babes.

 

[thomaser]

Sorry guys, Danish "wins" this bout no matter how you cut it. Just look at this mockumentary (from Norwegian tv a couple of years ago):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk

It's presented in English, mostly, so you should be able to get the gist of it.

 

[Fireblend]

I talk spanish, I'm from Costa Rica (Central America). Good thing about language here is the fact that Costa Rica doesn't has any characteristic accent, and I agree, most of spanish-talking countries around here really know how to kill a language (today I was talking with someone from El Salvador and could barely understand him @_@) And I hate hate hate mexican accent. ^^

 

[Bit-Bit]

Wookiee

No this isn't the Most Lovely Sounding Languages thread.

 

[Instigator]

Sorry guys, Danish "wins" this bout no matter how you cut it. Just look at this mockumentary (from Norwegian tv a couple of years ago):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk

It's presented in English, mostly, so you should be able to get the gist of it.

He he, this is pretty funny.

 

[negitoro7]

I can't stand most Mainland Chinese dialects, especially Fook-Geen and Toy-San. Taiwanese on the other hand, sounds fine to me. I also think German sounds really rough. Tagalog and Vietnamese are also grating on the nerves sometimes.


Some of the languages I find nice to listen to, among many:

French
Korean
Japanese
Brazilian/Portuguese.

 

[Stele]

I can't stand most Mainland Chinese dialects, especially Fook-Geen and Toy-San.

I think dialects from Fujian and Guangdong are the only exposures you really have judging from your examples. Some dialects like the Southwestern Mandarin of Hubei and Sichuan, Xiang of Hunan, Wu of northern Zhejiang/southern Jiangsu (often generalized as Shanghainese) are rarey spoken outside of mainland China except maybe among overseas classmates or something like Sichuan restaurants and are essentially language families (except Southwestern Mandarin) akin to the level Germanic and Romance languages are put on if Chinese didn't have an uniform writing system. And simplifying Fujian dialects into one homogenous topolect family is like saying all Slavic languages are the same. Minnan (south) has nothing to do with Minbei (north), and Minbei doesn't even technically exist as a sub-topolect family because a lot of dialects in the region are mutually unintelligible.

 

[Callo Merlose]

Do you guys just like it because of video games and anime?

ding ding ding! This is GAF. Weeaboo's aplenty.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Have had gone to a High School that was easily 50@% Asian, I find Japanese and Chinese incredibly annoying to listen to, only because I hear the same stuff over and over again and still have no idea what it means.