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Post by Incapability on Dec 9, 2008 2:51:12 GMT 9.5
French? o.O That's the first time I've heard that connection. What with the French swallowing half their vowels, and German being one of the languages where the written and the spoken word are closest to each other (as opposed to, say, English), but hey, whatever it takes!
Though the French have lots of trouble with many German sounds (the h being only one of them). For example, hardly any of them pronounce "Buch" correctly. For one thing, their say "Büch", and for another, they pronounce the ch as a sort of hissing sound, whereas it really is rougher. What can I say? The vocal cords need time to learn to make those sounds.
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LadyoftheNight
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Post by LadyoftheNight on Dec 9, 2008 4:46:54 GMT 9.5
To Morgause I am half Greek so I grew up speaking it Soon I'm going to learn ancient Greek as well
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Post by Incapability on Dec 9, 2008 5:14:27 GMT 9.5
Is Ancient Greek a lot different from the Greek that is being spoken today? I mean apart from obvious things such as pronounciation.
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Post by LadyoftheNight on Dec 9, 2008 5:20:25 GMT 9.5
Yeah partly - some words now days are like spin offs from the old and the way it is written is different. Close to latin as well
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Post by Morgause on Dec 9, 2008 12:00:45 GMT 9.5
French? o.O That's the first time I've heard that connection. What with the French swallowing half their vowels, and German being one of the languages where the written and the spoken word are closest to each other (as opposed to, say, English), but hey, whatever it takes! Though the French have lots of trouble with many German sounds (the h being only one of them). For example, hardly any of them pronounce "Buch" correctly. For one thing, their say "Büch", and for another, they pronounce the ch as a sort of hissing sound, whereas it really is rougher. What can I say? The vocal cords need time to learn to make those sounds. I know, it sounds totally insane, but it works for me!
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Post by Arwen17 on Dec 14, 2008 0:46:08 GMT 9.5
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=loogiefor the 'Hock a loogie' expression 'hock' is being used like 'spit' but I've really only heard people use the word 'hock' when they are talking about loogies. I have no idea where it came from and its probably only an American thing, possibly just Midwest America because America is so vast and diverse. People in Texas or California don't use the same slang as people in Indiana. ducks huh? Quack, Quack, Quack! ;D What does American English sound like compared to British English to you?
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Post by Incapability on Dec 14, 2008 1:19:33 GMT 9.5
Well, BE sounds like a duck with a cold, and AE sounds like a duck eating a banana. Square.
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Post by Incapability on Dec 14, 2008 1:21:36 GMT 9.5
Ah ... ok. Not very nice, lol.
But well, I did ask for it ...
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Post by Lady van Tassel on Dec 20, 2008 3:00:11 GMT 9.5
I speak English,Swedish and a bit of Spanish. Would love to learn French as well,am working on it.
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Post by Libitine on Dec 20, 2008 7:56:20 GMT 9.5
Swedish? That sounds awesome.
Along with completing my Spanish studies, I would love to learn French and Italian.
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Post by stephowrites on Dec 31, 2008 10:33:09 GMT 9.5
I know English and I am learning German. I am in my 2nd year of German and I plan to take it my next two years in high school. We only are required to take two years of a foreign language, but I don't see a point in learning a little and stopping there. I wan to be fluent in a language if I am to learn any of it. I am still develpoing my German skills, but I think I know it pretty well. If anyone wants to speak to me in German I would love to try to communicate in that language, although I am still a little rocky in understanding it.
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Post by Maellowyn on Jan 2, 2009 22:07:50 GMT 9.5
Wonderful - I'm impressed so many are learning foreign languages and even German is also among them, which keeps me surprised.
@stepho you can always try your German on me, cause the best way to learn a language is to use it
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Post by Arwen17 on Jan 5, 2009 15:30:29 GMT 9.5
Well, BE sounds like a duck with a cold, and AE sounds like a duck eating a banana. Square. lol, i think your descriptions are rather hilarious. I've had a french person tell me once that BE sounds like they are speaking with a potato in their mouth. And AE sounded like they were grinding their words.
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Post by queenelspeth on Jan 6, 2009 5:13:38 GMT 9.5
I speak English haha I'm quite good at French thanks to Mr. Eddie Izzard, I'm not bad at German and I speak a wee bit of Polish.
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Post by Maellowyn on May 7, 2009 19:05:17 GMT 9.5
I'm beginning Latin now and Middle High German - I love the languages of the Middle Ages :-)
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