Languages that you find pleasant to hear

[Rumpelstil]

Especially since my kin spoke with the hard 'ch' sound for ich vs. the softer 'sh' sound.

That reminds me of a classmate.
He had this hard ch.
And he was famous for saying once: "Ichchchchch geh nichchchcht in d' Kirchchch!" for: "I do not go to church!"
As he was the only one in class who used that hard ch.

 

[Rumpelstil]

There is one language that I like to hear and that I actually forgot in the list: Latin. eace
Who likes Latin? :2wave:

 

[Moon]

On a tangent, many of the players in HBO’s “Band of Brothers” were from the UK. In a more recent offering, also HBO, “Succession,” there are more than one Brit. When they speak out of character, (interviews and such,) I always do a double-take. I have to concentrate too much using any accent long term.

Damien Lewis (Band of Brothers) explained that during an interview I heard on NPR. He said as kids growing up they were exposed to a lot of American TV shows, so it became natural for them to emulate an American accent.

 

[Rumpelstil]

I like Latin quotations - and I also like to alter them slightly.

for instance: Ceterum censeo Carthaginem non esse delendam.
Or: Ceterum censeo Rumpelum non esse delendum.

 

[soylentgreen]

New Zealand accent voted sexiest in the world | Newshub

Travel website 'Big 7 Media' polled more than 8500 people from 60 countries across the globe, to find the most attractive accent, and New Zealand came out at the number one spot.

What more can i say without you all swooning. :wink:

 

[Rumpelstil]

And who can tell a New Zealander from somebody else?

Those opinion polls often deliver a result that is in favour of those who paid for the poll .....

 

[Rumpelstil]

Warum nicht deutch?

Warum nicht deutsch?
I might just say: Darum!

But I'll explain:
Weil es zu nichts Gutem führen würde! :2wave:

 

[AtlantaAdonis]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that on a board of bigoted right wingers and fauxgressives how Eurocentric the poll is. No Yoruba? Zulu? Swahili? Arabic? Or languages spoken by black and brown people are inelegant and not beautiful, right?

 

[Fledermaus]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that on a board of bigoted right wingers and fauxgressives how Eurocentric the poll is. No Yoruba? Zulu? Swahili? Arabic? Or languages spoken by black and brown people are inelegant and not beautiful, right?

If you are familiar with them vote for them.

I found Somali to be OK.

 

[soylentgreen]

And who can tell a New Zealander from somebody else?

Those opinion polls often deliver a result that is in favour of those who paid for the poll .....

Really??? You can tell a scotsman by their accent. You can tell an american by their accent or an italian or a greek or an irish or an english or an australian. But you cannot tell a kiwi from their accent?

Or am i wrong here? You cannot even tell the difference between all these accents?

 

[Fledermaus]

Really??? You can tell a scotsman by their accent. You can tell an american by their accent or an italian or a greek or an irish or an english or an australian. But you cannot tell a kiwi from their accent?

Or am i wrong here? You cannot even tell the difference between all these accents?

Isn't Kiwi simply Aussie Lite?

 

[Crosscheck]

Blimey!

As you know I spend a lot of time in London on business. I find myself trying to speak like them when I'm there. I can't decide if they think it's charming or annoying as Hell. I love British accents.

Have you ever had a Brit say to you how much they love the American accent? Not trying to be funny but it seems as Americans love different accents is there any of them out there that like the American accent?

 

[soylentgreen]

Isn't Kiwi simply Aussie Lite?

Yeah/nah!
You can always tell an aussie from a kiwi. If not by the accent then by if something of yours is not nailed down and has gone missing then it will be an aussie. Bloody convicts.

 

[Fledermaus]

Yeah/nah!
You can always tell an aussie from a kiwi. If not by the accent then by if something of yours is not nailed down and has gone missing then it will be an aussie. Bloody convicts.

:thumbs:

 

[Rumpelstil]

Really??? You can tell a scotsman by their accent. You can tell an american by their accent or an italian or a greek or an irish or an english or an australian. But you cannot tell a kiwi from their accent?

That's right.
Yes, I cannot recognize the Kiwi accent.
Sorry, but I can't.

I can recognize a lot of accents, but not Kiwi.

Do YOU recognize all the accents that are there in this world?

 

[Rumpelstil]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that on a board of bigoted right wingers and fauxgressives how Eurocentric the poll is. No Yoruba? Zulu? Swahili?

How many African languages do YOU speak?

 

[tres borrachos]

Have you ever had a Brit say to you how much they love the American accent? Not trying to be funny but it seems as Americans love different accents is there any of them out there that like the American accent?

I just got back from 5 days in London. More than once I've been told how quaint my accent is!

 

[Rumpelstil]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that on a board of bigoted right wingers and fauxgressives how Eurocentric the poll is. No Yoruba? Zulu? Swahili? Arabic? Or languages spoken by black and brown people are inelegant and not beautiful, right?

To that I say: Nobody ever can please everybody.


Feel free to create a poll of your own choice, including all the languages that you like to choose.

 

[Crosscheck]

I just got back from 5 days in London. More than once I've been told how quaint my accent is!

Never thought we were quaint but I can take that.

 

[RAMOSS]

I just got back from 5 days in London. More than once I've been told how quaint my accent is!

A couple of weeks ago, I helped someone who ran out of gas on their motorcycle. Although he was from NYC, he has a huge rich Irish brogue

 

[tres borrachos]

A couple of weeks ago, I helped someone who ran out of gas on their motorcycle. Although he was from NYC, he has a huge rich Irish brogue

NYC Irishmen are awesome.

 

[RAMOSS]

NYC Irishmen are awesome.

When I went to England, I met an Irishman who was visiting back from NYC for the first time in decades. He had this rich irish accent with a Manhattan overlay. THe words would roll, except every once in a while it would be just flat , like the word Manhatten would sound just like the average New Yorker... Very odd contrast.

 

[soylentgreen]

That's right.
Yes, I cannot recognize the Kiwi accent.
Sorry, but I can't.

I can recognize a lot of accents, but not Kiwi.

Do YOU recognize all the accents that are there in this world?

I can distinguish the different accents. Sometimes i have a hard time placing which accent belongs where.

Perhaps your problem is a lack of experience. Go leave dusty old europe and come and holiday in the pacific isles for a few years and you will then be able to tell the differences in accents.

 

[Rumpelstil]

Perhaps your problem is a lack of experience. Go leave dusty old europe and come and holiday in the pacific isles for a few years and you will then be able to tell the differences in accents.

Come to Wales for a few years und you will be able to tell the diffence between the accents of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Llandudno. eace

 

[soylentgreen]

Come to Wales for a few years und you will be able to tell the diffence between the accents of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Llandudno. eace

I once met a welsh woman with green eyes and red hair. Every time she spoke it was as if she was singing her accent was so lilting.

Unfortunately she also had the fiery temper of a red head.