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| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5243 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes  Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 241 of 346 23 June 2010 at 2:24am | IP Logged | ||
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So yeah, let's get back to the topic.
I am quite interested in most Slavic languages, but for some reason Ukrainian and Bulgarian just don't appeal to me as much. Nothing against Ukrainians and Bulgarians, just saying (I don't mind if you don't find Korean interesting). Could someone convince me to take some interest in these two languages? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5837 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 242 of 346 23 June 2010 at 2:30am | IP Logged | ||
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^^ I'm sure people don't mind the "excessive" number of loan words in English when they move onto learning languages like French, Italian and Spanish.
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| Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5436 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French | Message 243 of 346 23 June 2010 at 3:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Danish - I just don't like the sound
French - I'm hoping I do end up learning it but school has given me a negative attitude to French. French confuses me as much as maths but I think it's just a mental block because it can't be THAT hard... Polish - not keen on how it looks written Arabic - Looks like more work than I'm willing to put in Any minor language that I'm not somehow connected with - Eg. Frisian or Welsh maybe but Quencha or Cherokee definitely not. And even with Frisian and Welsh I don't think I'd get much further than dabbling. This would change if I was smitten with a native speaker since I wouldn't have bothered with Dutch without that motivation. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5131 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 244 of 346 23 June 2010 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, sorry for starting a debate about English...
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| Tally Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Israel Joined 5403 days ago 135 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English*, Modern Hebrew* Studies: French | Message 245 of 346 23 June 2010 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | ||
You don't have to apologize, it was just a discussion :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Guido Super Polyglot Senior Member ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6323 days ago 286 posts - 582 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Danish Studies: Russian, Indonesian, Romanian, Polish, Icelandic | Message 246 of 346 24 June 2010 at 3:26am | IP Logged | ||
Haha, it's very funny to see that. Polish is my favorite because of how it looks written, and I love Danish because of its sound :D The last language I'd learn is, mmm... well, there are more than 6,000 languages/dialects, and I can only know the name 120 of them. So, I can't say which one I'd never learn, since those 120 represent only 2% of the total and the chosen language is probably somewhere in that 98%. If I had to choose between those 120, definetly Volapük. 30 speakers and it's a constructed-language. Btw, there are more than 118,000 articles in the Volapük Wikipedia, so I guess that those 30 dudes are fans of the language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5140 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 247 of 346 24 June 2010 at 4:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Though some interesting individuals happen to inexplicably become engrossed by them, I must say the last languages I'd learn are constructed ones like Esperanto or Klingon. In fact, I'd much rather learn many other things first, like anatomy or astrophysics.
About real languages, I wouldn't want to learn one only to discover I cannot actually obtain books in it. Other than this practical limitation, I'm not predisposed against any language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| johntm93 Senior Member United States Joined 5122 days ago 587 posts - 746 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 248 of 346 24 June 2010 at 6:47am | IP Logged | ||
I also wouldn't care for conlangs, except for one I may make later on (for fun). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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