Which of these languages is the most beautiful?

[elperromagico]

I'll add more as long as I am able. That's a promise. :D

[terrya]

1. French is the language of amour.

It's the most beautiful of all the languages.

[Miami Liberal]

21. Ah, oui oui! n/t

[Rowdyboy]

2. Personally, I think Italian is the most beautiful language I've ever heard

and, to the best of my jnowledge, I have no Italian ancestry. It just sounds magical and sexy and romantic.

[elperromagico]

5. Can't believe I forgot Italian!

Well, that's fixed now.

[Rowdyboy]

26. Thanks!

[redqueen]

3. German.

Yeah yeah, I know... I'm weird.

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. Wilts du mit mir schlafen?

Ich bin sehr gut im bed.

[redqueen]

6. You're such a tease.

If you weren't all talk I'd look into travel options. ;)

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. There's much more to me than talk...

...as you well know.

[elperromagico]

7. Added.

[Zuni]

13. Nein!

[MissB]

17. I find German

to be a very harsh sounding language (and I took many years of German in high school and college).

I find French to be a very beautiful sounding language.

[redqueen]

20. Yeah... I hear that sentiment nearly every time I answer this question.

Oh well...

[Richardo]

8. I'd say French, but Brazilian Portuguese sings beautifully....

[Seabiscuit]

49. Especially when sung by Bebel Giberto

[Floogeldy]

10. French, but only when a female is speaking.

It is just not the same when a man is speaking the language.

[Zuni]

11. I like Russian, it is smooth and sounds neat

and it is a very effective language to sound evil in.

[tridim]

12. I really don't know why, but I'm fascinated by the Russian language

I live in a Russian immigrant neighborhood, so I hear it every day.

[Zuni]

15. I grew up with a Russian immigrant mother

and have heard it spoken around me since I was a kid....maybe that is why I like it.

[Coastie for Truth]

19. Grew up in a three generation household with Russian immigrant g'parents

If they didn't want me to know what they were talking about - they spoke Yiddish.

And if they REALLY didn't want me to know what they were talking about - they spoke Russian.

So, I picked up a lot of Russian and Yiddish just to find out what they didn't want me to find out. (Like almost half the kids in the neighborhood. The other half of the kids learned Italian to find out what they weren't supposed to find out).

And by the time we were pre-teens we had our own pidgin English-Italian-Yiddish (it was the only way you could play ball).

[joneschick]

29. that is a great opening paragraph for a book!

have you considered writing it?

[joneschick]

30. Hindi is wonderful to hear

I don't understand any of it, but my ears get happy.

[Lannes]

14. Mandarin Chinese

Cant speak it but it sounds beautiful.

[nytemare]

24. I picked that as well

I love watching Chinese movies with the subtitles left on and the Mandarin Chinese voice track. There is something very different about it.

[David__77]

16. Esperanto!

...

[Coastie for Truth]

18. Namastay

Hindi, spoken slowly, sounds almost lyrical.

[RC]

22. Hawaiian

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. Yes, Hawaiian

When I was a summer student at UH on two occasions I lived in Halé Laulima and Halé Aloha Lehua.

[MrScorpio]

23. I've got to go with Brazilian Portuguese

It's like a song

French gets too much credit

[Behind the Aegis]

33. I agree.

Brazilian Portuguese is a beautiful sounding and easy language. I like watching movies in Portuguese because it sounds so beautiful.

[FizzFuzz]

27. American Sign Language.

I've seen a couple other signed languages and they're beautiful too.

Oh and Gaelic. Gaelic is cool.

and I just found a website with Chaucer being read in correct dialect, Middle English! Wish I knew more on the subject, it sounded beauuuuuuuuuutiful.

[Left Is Write]

28. I've always been fond of Italian.

[Telly Savalas]

31. Quebecois French

That accent is so animated. I love it.

[EstimatedProphet]

32. What about Klingon?

[Name removed]

35. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[EstimatedProphet]

48. Wow, saying that to a moderator isn't the wisest thing to do...

See, that's called a personal attack, and they're frowned upon here.
What I posted was a joke.

[kick-ass-bob]

53. Damn. I always get here too late.

:P

:bounce:

[Bouncy Ball]

34. For me, it's a toss-up between Spanish and Russian, believe it or not.

I love the sound of both languages. But I think Russian is HOT.

Grrrrrr.

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. Vladavostok, baby! and Das Vadanya!

Petroushka, Baba Yaga, and Trotsky!

[Bouncy Ball]

37. I had a college boyfriend who was completely fluent in Russian.

Could speak it, read it, write it, had taken it for six years.

My God. I still get chills thinking about it.

He could have been saying "I think I'll have a corned beef sandwich," I wouldn't have given a shit, just as long as he kept speaking Russian.

:blush:

[Rabrrrrrr]

38. I love it, too! I love, in fact, all the serious languages

Like Russian, Hebrew, German, Klingon - the ones that are kind of harsh sounding, dense with meaning, and, though they might sound like rending metal working machines, are the most beautiful of languages. And by "serious" I mean only that they just sound serious, all that hacking and throat-clearing and glottal gymnastics to get the sounds out.

Next up would be Hawaiian, or perhaps Tahitian or Maori. But I love the patterns that happen because of Hawaiian's limited sounds.

Spanish I couldn't give a flying fuck for. If it's real Spanish, from Spain, it's quite nice - but the psuedo-spanish of mexico and the colonies sounds awful to my ears. I simply can't stand it, and never have, not since I was a small child and heard it on Sesame Street.

If I could wipe one language from the earth, it would be the non-Spanish that most people think of when they think "Spanish".

[Bouncy Ball]

39. I'm surrounded by Spanish and I understand it.

And I can read it. God, Octavio Paz. Ever read any of his stuff? Wow.

But um, this information can NEVER reach Mr. Bouncy's half-German ears, but I think of German as similar to, but also inferior to Russian.

And you described Russian perfectly. Harsh sounding, dense with meaning, but it's musical at times. Ok I have to stop thinking about this now! LOL!!!!

On edit, I took six years of Spanish, including in college. I had a professor from Madrid. Blond hair, blue eyes, and the most beautiful voice. Horrible horrible crush. I didn't make a good grade, because I spent too much time imagining him whisking me off to Madrid.

[Beware the Beast Man]

40. I'll make a case for Greek.

Very fluid language.

[bridgit]

41. russian...

http://www.wellspring.com/movies/movie.html?movie_id=3

[CanuckAmok]

42. Russian makes me melt.

Especially when I get emails like this:

"ß ÷óâñòâèòåëåí. ß ëþáëþ ìîðîæåíîå? âèñïà áåëûé øîêîëàä. Òàêæå ÿ ëþáëþ êëàññè÷åñêóþ ìóçûêó? ðàññëàáëÿòüñÿ êëàññè÷åñêèì ìàññàæåì òèëàíäñ. ß ìîãó ïîñâÿòèòü ìîå ñåðäöå òîëüêî äëÿ îäíîãî ÷åëîâåêà. ß - áåëûé ëåáåäü.

ß àäâîêàò. Ê ïîäîáíîìó ìåíÿ ìîÿ ðàáîòà. ß ÷èòàë î÷åíü. Âñå åùå êî ìíå ê ëþáÿò ïîäãîòîâèòüñÿ. ß âíóòðåííÿÿ íåæíàÿ æåíùèíà. ß - ñïîñîáíûå âêóñíûå äåñåðòû è ê áàêè ïèðîãàì. È òåì íå ìåíåå ÿ ëþáëþ öâåòû. Äîìà íà áàëêîíå âî ìíå ìíîãî äåêîðàòèâíûõ öâåòîâ. ß èõ áûë ïðåäñòàâëåí äðóçüÿìè. Îíè ïðèíåñëè ýòè öâåòû ìíå îò ðàçëè÷íûõ ñòðàí ìèðà.

ß õî÷ó ïîëó÷èòü èçâåñòèå îò Âàñ êðàñèâîå ïîçäðàâëåíèå? ÷óòêèå ñëîâà. ß õî÷ó Âàñ, ïðèíîñÿò ìíå íîâûå öâåòû îò îáëàñòè êàæäîå óòðî ... ïîñëå íàøèõ ïðèÿòíûõ íî÷åé, ïîëíûõ óäîâîëüñòâèÿ? ëþáîâü. "




"I am sensitive. I like ice-cream & wispa white chocolate. Also I like classical music , & to relax by classical tilands massage. I can devote my heart only for one man. I am a white swan.

I the lawyer. To like me my work. I read much. Still to me to like to prepare. I the domestic gentle woman. I am able tasty desserts and to bakee pies. And still I love flowers. At home on a balcony at me many decorative colors. I of them was presented by friends. They brought these flowers to me from the different countries of the world.

I want to hear from you beautiful compliments & tender words. I want you bring me fresh flowers from field every morning... after our pleasant nights full of pleasure & love."

[bridgit]

43. whatever you do do not forward...

the PIN# to your ATM card :thumbsdown:

[CanuckAmok]

46. You mean she's not legit?

But she lawyer! She white swan!

[bridgit]

47. white swan may pump shriveled heart black homey no be...

:rofl:

[GRLMGC]

44. No language is better than another

I got that from my linguistics class, haha. Although the romance languages sound most agreeable to me.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

45. What about pig latin? n/t

[tjwmason]

50. Italian is the most beautiful

But if you want to get me going then start speaking Russian to me.

[swimboy]

51. Welsh is absolutely musical

Italian is the most beautiful on your list.

(My tenth post--double digits now!)

[KittyWampus]

52. Gaelic.