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17 Feb 2011, 11:35 am

Does anyone else find this language to be one of the most repulsive ones out there? There are these two kids speaking it behind me as I type this and it is about to make me rip my skin off.

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17 Feb 2011, 1:49 pm

Wait until you hear ithkuli...

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17 Feb 2011, 2:04 pm

I think Vietnamese sounds cool, but not as cool as Thai or Mandarin, those are my favorite tonal languages. Most people hate the sound of Vietnamese, so you're not alone.

Here you can listen to Vietnamese with a text, the Owl and the Pussycat:

http://pimpoapo.byethost22.com/bompa/vietnamese.html

I've heard, Ithkuil before, and it's crazy. :lol:

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17 Feb 2011, 4:48 pm

Vietnamese is a horrific language, I remember seeing a kid singing a song in some Vietnam documentary, and I had to turn it off because it was so unpleasant.

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17 Feb 2011, 5:30 pm

Yowuza wrote:

Wait until you hear ithkuli...

That just sounds like a severe speech impediment.

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17 Feb 2011, 6:14 pm

dunbots wrote:

I think Vietnamese sounds cool, but not as cool as Thai or Mandarin, those are my favorite tonal languages. Most people hate the sound of Vietnamese, so you're not alone.

Mandarin is my least favorite language, simply for the phonemics. It can sound nice when spoken softly, but mostly I find it very harsh and unpleasant. I'm not a big fan of the sounds of Southeast Asian languages, either, though I still find them interesting and once started to learn a little Vietnamese (I'd been considering moving there for a little while). I enjoyed it. I'd love to learn a Southeast Asian language.

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17 Feb 2011, 9:49 pm

doesn't sound as nice as some, but i find it hard to dislike any language.

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17 Feb 2011, 10:00 pm

Fudo wrote:

doesn't sound as nice as some, but i find it hard to dislike any language.

Me too. Except I can't stand Swedish and Danish. :lol:

I tend to love the sounds of languages that many people think sound bad, like German, Dutch, Georgian, Mandarin, Thai, Lushootseed, and probably a few more that I can't think of right now.

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18 Feb 2011, 12:16 am

Kaybee wrote:

Mandarin is my least favorite language, simply for the phonemics. It can sound nice when spoken softly, but mostly I find it very harsh and unpleasant.

seconded

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18 Feb 2011, 5:01 am

Titangeek wrote:

Kaybee wrote:

Mandarin is my least favorite language, simply for the phonemics. It can sound nice when spoken softly, but mostly I find it very harsh and unpleasant.

seconded

Cantonese is far from pleasant. Again, its okay when spoken softly, but awful otherwise.

Irish deserves a mention as being a language s**t and horrible in every respect...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqPjpUun ... A3555B9DEC

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18 Feb 2011, 1:31 pm

ryan93 wrote:

Titangeek wrote:

Kaybee wrote:

Mandarin is my least favorite language, simply for the phonemics. It can sound nice when spoken softly, but mostly I find it very harsh and unpleasant.

seconded

Irish deserves a mention as being a language sh** and horrible in every respect...

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, Irish Gaelic is awesome.

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18 Feb 2011, 3:05 pm

dunbots wrote:

ryan93 wrote:

Titangeek wrote:

Kaybee wrote:

Mandarin is my least favorite language, simply for the phonemics. It can sound nice when spoken softly, but mostly I find it very harsh and unpleasant.

seconded

Irish deserves a mention as being a language sh** and horrible in every respect...

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, Irish Gaelic is awesome.

Gentlemen, gentlemen, filter yourselves!

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18 Feb 2011, 7:51 pm

dunbots wrote:

Fudo wrote:

doesn't sound as nice as some, but i find it hard to dislike any language.

Me too. Except I can't stand Swedish and Danish. :lol:

I tend to love the sounds of languages that many people think sound bad, like German, Dutch, Georgian, Mandarin, Thai, Lushootseed, and probably a few more that I can't think of right now.

german's cool, different but i like it.. georgian accents are sexy also

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03 Mar 2011, 7:46 pm

I only know three words of it. But when I went to a Vietnamese restaurant I couldn't resist saying loud enough for the waitress at the front desk to hear as I walked to the bathroom, " My kom chimb hurts!"

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