Most Annoying-Sounding Languages?
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American-English if the pronunciation is too exaggerated
The worst is a mixture between British-English and American-English
Russians trying to speak English are mostly also pretty bad, sorry... But yeah, people trying to speak English without speaking it are generally annoying for your ears.
I hate Japanese girls (are there Japanese women ?) squeeling in pleasure or just talking, way too high for my ears.
The worst is a mixture between British-English and American-English
Russians trying to speak English are mostly also pretty bad, sorry... But yeah, people trying to speak English without speaking it are generally annoying for your ears.
I hate Japanese girls (are there Japanese women ?) squeeling in pleasure or just talking, way too high for my ears.
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Luna104 said:
I thought brussels folk were french spoken? God europe is confusing, how can 1 country have 2 languages as official, the parliments must be a nightmare.
I've been to antwerp and heard quite a bit of flemish and some apparently accurate immitations of southern dutch from my dutch instructor, but still havent got away down there. Would like to go somewhere like Maastrict, although I heard that is an actual other dialect, not just accent right?
Also whats up with frieselanders (sp?) is that an actual other language all in itself? NL is so tiny but it's got 1 million languages.
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ItsInMyVeins said:How come? Of course, agree with you, but I'm still curious
About which part?
Germanic languages usually have many words with vaguely recognisable forms, at least when written, because of the heavy borrowing from well-known languages (greek, latin, French...) or common ancestry with old English words (irregular verbs, for example). They still look exotic, especially with their extra letters in their alphabets (except for Dutch).
As for how they sound, Dutch and German are just too guttural, Dutch be the worse of the bunch. They just sound harsh, no matter who's talking. Someone already mentionned Danish though I think it sounds more like unintelligible mumbling to most. Norwegian is basically Danish with some kind of Swedish pronounciation. In comparison, Swedish just sounds melodic, still a bit weird, but not unpleasant.
I haven't heard much Icelandic so I can't really say.
Vietnamese and Cantonese are definite candidates -- I will bet money there's ethnic ties too. And basically any Mandarin that isn't spoken properly -- Taiwan Mandarin (everyone sounds like slow-talking girls), any Chinese Northeastern dialects (they actually have their own topolectal branches and but it's part of the Mandarin family and sounds about as sophisticated as hick talk), Mandarin spoken by Beijing residents (stop the rolling tongues with the 'er' sounds)...basically spoken by anybody that hasn't had an education in broadcasting lol. If they do, then most likely they speak very nicely. I think French sounds okay.
Even though it's my mother tounge, Chinese really grates me.
Like others have said, it's a sharp loud abrasive language.
It might be that the only time I really hear chinese comes from my parents and most of the time they're just berating me, so that's probably why I hate it... but even so, I can't help but notice that most chinese speakers are LOUD. Maybe not most, but a good number.
Outside of that, Korean. Bahasa... bahasa sounds crude. Really crude to me. Maybe because I have unresolved racist associations from my child hood. Oh well. Korean sounds like a bad intermingling of bahasa and japanese. A lot of B and M and NG and NYA NGYA etc sounds. Pisses me off.
Like others have said, it's a sharp loud abrasive language.
It might be that the only time I really hear chinese comes from my parents and most of the time they're just berating me, so that's probably why I hate it... but even so, I can't help but notice that most chinese speakers are LOUD. Maybe not most, but a good number.
Outside of that, Korean. Bahasa... bahasa sounds crude. Really crude to me. Maybe because I have unresolved racist associations from my child hood. Oh well. Korean sounds like a bad intermingling of bahasa and japanese. A lot of B and M and NG and NYA NGYA etc sounds. Pisses me off.
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I'm sorry Germans but your language just sounds harsh to me 
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It hasn't been mentionned yet, but Arabic is not too pretty either. Nothing is worse than a bunch of guys arguing amongst themselves (and uisually very loud at that) in Arabic.
Ok, maybe those who do it in Cantonese are just as irritating.
Ok, maybe those who do it in Cantonese are just as irritating.
itsinmyveins
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You explained it kinda good there. I was a bit curios about your relation to the different languages. From my point of view (I'm swedish), I agree with you. I can understand norwegian pretty good, danish is harder. Just like you say, it's much more guttural. I have barely heard Icelandic, so I have no real idea of how it sounds except that it sound very old.
You explained it kinda good there. I was a bit curios about your relation to the different languages. From my point of view (I'm swedish), I agree with you. I can understand norwegian pretty good, danish is harder. Just like you say, it's much more guttural. I have barely heard Icelandic, so I have no real idea of how it sounds except that it sound very old.
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I can speak Russian and Italian quite well though they have a heavy english influence on them, but alas I find them both beautiful.
I can't STAND Japanese language though.
I can't STAND Japanese language though.
Maybe Cantonese, but China has thousands of dialects, most, fortunately, that do not sound like Cantonese. There's at least 10 major topolect families. Cantonese and Mandarin are only two of them. Fujian alone probably has more than a hundred mutually unintelligible dialects.Zaptruder said:
Ditto. I don't get all the love for Japanese here. It is very annoying yet most people bring up all asian languages BUT Japanese. Do you guys just like it because of video games and anime? :lol The one thing I find annoying more than the japanese language is Americans who attempt to learn it JUST for video games and anime. :lolRlan said:
I love you.Christopher said:
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ItsInMyVeins said:
Well, I'm a complete outsider in this department since none of those languages are my own. German is the easiest language to understand because of classes in college and I think German, even in all its ugliness, is quite clearly spoken by native speakers.
I know Scandinavian languages are closely related, they do look quite similar in written form (evident to me even as a kid while reading my Lego instructions
), but things are quite different when spoken. Danish and Swedish sound completely different while Norwegian is something inbetween. But bear in mind that this is an opinion from someone who can barely understand any of those languages.I'm not sure if I can call Danish guttural though as it doesn't have those strong consonants like German and Dutch do. To me, it sounds like someone who had root canal or was stung by a bee on the tongue.
itsinmyveins
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Well, your opinions are quite true, though.
And maybe danish isn't really guttural, but not far from it. When spoken, it sounds a lot more edgy and brutal than swedish (or norwegian for that matter). Personally, I view norwegian as some kind of long-running gag on swedish. It's like they've taken swedish and just pushed it too far, almost like they were trying to make fun of us
And maybe danish isn't really guttural, but not far from it. When spoken, it sounds a lot more edgy and brutal than swedish (or norwegian for that matter). Personally, I view norwegian as some kind of long-running gag on swedish. It's like they've taken swedish and just pushed it too far, almost like they were trying to make fun of us
Cheebs said:
I actually like the sound of japanese... because it is phonetic... the romaji translations are very easy to get the sound right... and it just flows. There's a definite rythm to the language that makes it easier on the ears for a lot of people then most other languages.
icelandic is a really fun language to read, for me at least(I'm Norwegian).
It's very similar to Norwegian, the words are similar and the grammar is mostly the same, but all the words have a funny twist to them.
Oh, and put a ping-pong ball under your tongue and try to speak Norwegian, it's gonna come out Danish.
It's very similar to Norwegian, the words are similar and the grammar is mostly the same, but all the words have a funny twist to them.
Oh, and put a ping-pong ball under your tongue and try to speak Norwegian, it's gonna come out Danish.
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Cheebs said:
I agree with you about the whole videogame/anime thing too is why most people like it, I dunno after it being pushed on me so much from the Japanese Elitst I've grown such a distaste for it.
Someone I work with speaks an African language, very grating. Alternates between guttural and tonal, it's sorta nasal, filled with annoying 'n' sounds, seems lacking in vowels... Every time I go to the break room, she's on the phone in there loudly chatting it up in it. Nails on a chalkboard, man.
I very much agree with Cantonese, very cutting and almost abstract. I'll also add Man French... men never sound good speaking it, deep voice + constant nasal lilting tone = eugh. Women sound okay usually, though.
I like Japanese because, for the most part, there's a vowel for every consonant. It has a good balance structurally.
I very much agree with Cantonese, very cutting and almost abstract. I'll also add Man French... men never sound good speaking it, deep voice + constant nasal lilting tone = eugh. Women sound okay usually, though.
I like Japanese because, for the most part, there's a vowel for every consonant. It has a good balance structurally.
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Man, so much hate on Chinese! I think it sounds awesome -- I'd kill to be able to speak it.
I don't actually have a flat-out hate for any one language, but I find German sounds pretty abrasive. I still find it pretty interesting, though.
I don't actually have a flat-out hate for any one language, but I find German sounds pretty abrasive. I still find it pretty interesting, though.
Stele said:
I don't think we're thinking of the same things when we use the term abrasive.
I don't really know how to describe it other than that it seems to me that the language is typically spoken quite harshly in the way it sounds. It could very well just be negative personal associations... but hey... all this stuff is pretty subjective anyway.
I mean, we could probably derive the best sounding language from some sort of mathematical formula that measures the tonal changes, syllable usage, categorization of sounds in to hard, soft, etc... but that kinda stuff would be beyond our bounds... and I don't think we have anyone doing a post grad in Linguistics here.
ZombieSupaStar
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i love german, powerful...
plus you always sound really pissed off to non speakers
plus you always sound really pissed off to non speakers
French really bugs me actually, it DOES sound nice but when you realize how many extra letters go unpronounced in each word, it is just frustrating! (I'm a singer and GOD I hate singing in French.)
Cantonese also bugs me...it sounds very halting, in contrast to Korean and Japanese, which have a nice flow to them.
I actually think Arabic is a rather beautiful language. My favorites are probably those in the Indian language family, Telugu and Kannada and such, I just love the accent (not when speaking ENGLISH, just speaking the native language)
Cantonese also bugs me...it sounds very halting, in contrast to Korean and Japanese, which have a nice flow to them.
I actually think Arabic is a rather beautiful language. My favorites are probably those in the Indian language family, Telugu and Kannada and such, I just love the accent (not when speaking ENGLISH, just speaking the native language)
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if you can dis an entire language on what you hear in Anime, then yes - you should at least know how it sounds natively from day to day.
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?
I'm not sure how much this really is people defending Japanese or how much this is you with a bee up your arse about christ knows ****ing what.
language - it isn't a language - it's an accent - i ****ing hate southern english whining posh toff droll accents... and rough scouse.
and essex/east end accents
"AWWLL VA PEEPAWL SAAA MAAANY PEEPAWL AND VEY ALLL GAAW HENND IN HEND , HEND IN HEND FRU VEEER PAWK LAAAIFF"
tell a lie, i just ****ing hate Blur.
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I really don't like the sound of american english. (especially the "r")
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