Do you like your native language?

[TheRussian]

And apparently I'm the first person so far to mention Russian.
I like it, it's a very interesting language, especially since some of the best literature was originally in Russian, unfortunately the modern language is being diluted by American phrases, but I still speak Russian like it's 1942.

 

[Gennadios]

Russian? I can say anything and people will automatically assume I'm talking shit. It has it's uses.

Don't particularly like the culture or even the vast majority of the people my native language is attached to, though.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

I don't mind English so much, except that it sucks at consistent spelling-to-phonetics and has seriously redundant sounds ("f" and "ph," for one example). But the American accent is sad because no one likes it. I want a sexy accent.

Russian? I can say anything and people will automatically assume I'm talking shit. It has it's uses.

Don't particularly like the culture or even the vast majority of the people my native language is attached to, though.

Dude, I love Russian. (I took classes in it for a while.) The accent is *awesome* and I like the way the words flow.

 

[Launcelot111]

I like that English is the language used by everyone everywhere for everything and that I know it, and I like the great variety of words that I can use to describe things (apparently we have twice the words of French! Take that, France!), but the exceptions to the rules are so mind-bogglingly common that we might as well not have rules, and so many words sound terrible when you stop to think about it. Although there's not really a language that I like the sound of, so there's that.

 

[Vanilla_Druid]

I believe every language has its own charm. I, however, would personally be very happy if English had some spelling reform. As for the language originally spoken in my area, I have a choice between Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota (which are all pretty difficult, but concise). I am studying Welsh for I have ancestors from there and for its sound (I love the "ll" and "rh" sounds).

 

[BeeGeenie]

English is wonderfully versatile and expressive, but the spelling and pronunciation are just awful... Although French has the same problem. Yeah, there's good and bad to all language systems.

 

[batti]

Nah, Icelandic is a stiff and a cumbersome language that only slows us Icelanders down. Some might say that it´s a beautiful language with a rich history, but those can get stuffed. And when we speak English, the accent makes us sound like the only thing we're able to say is "Hodor"

It's alright, English. I'm glad I don't speak one of those wacky Scandinavian languages that's impossible to take seriously, Swedish and Dutch being the worst offenders.

Doubt Dutch is classified as a Scandinavian language. Do you mean danish(aka the people that sounds like they´re being strangled when they talk)

 

[PBMcNair]

I love the Welsh language. I can speak it in Wales and not worry about people knowing what I'm talking about because they don't understand.

English is OK too I guess.

Same as this guy, but with Irish. I'm fairly rusty at the moment though, need to get in some practice next time I'm near a Gaeltacht region.

 

[Meatspinner]

Nah, Icelandic is a stiff and a cumbersome language that only slows us Icelanders down. Some might say that it´s a beautiful language with a rich history, but those can get stuffed. And when we speak English, the accent makes us sound like the only thing we're able to say is "Hodor"

It's alright, English. I'm glad I don't speak one of those wacky Scandinavian languages that's impossible to take seriously, Swedish and Dutch being the worst offenders.

Doubt Dutch is classified as a Scandinavian language. Do you mean danish(aka the people that sounds like they´re being strangled when they talk)

It's not so hard once you learn to relax your throat and stop rolling your tongue. If that fails, shoving a potato down your windpipe helps.
Still don't expect half of them to understand you though

 

[MrTub]

It's alright, English. I'm glad I don't speak one of those wacky Scandinavian languages that's impossible to take seriously, Swedish and Dutch being the worst offenders.

May I ask what's wrong with Swedish?


I think Swedish is fine but I honestly haven't given much thought about it

 

[BristolBerserker]

I love English. It can absorb foreign words and make use of them. But I feel German is a bit more brütal and I love brütal.

 

[Lectori Salutem]

I like the Dutch language, yes.
It doesn't sound too aggressive or too passive and it doesn't have as many exceptions as English does.
In any case, good luck with your exams, flapdrol (How can you loathe a word like that? XD)

If you're going to throw around Dutch insults, then do it with some style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1bSW4_gzqY
(Alright, he is Flemisch, but still)

OT: I think Dutch is sort of okay. Thanks to gaming and the internet I do prefer English, though.
Also, does anyone else think Dutch sounds like German mixed with English? I've heard that a lot from non-dutch-speakers.

 

[Danoloto]

Good ol' Dutch. Proudly boasting the oldest standing national anthem still used today. Of course it's outdated in ways I can't even describe in my current state (tired and should have gone to bed an hour ago state), but I like the sounds I can produce as a result of being born in The Netherlands.
This results in being able to pronounce other languages more easily, because we are familiar with odd vowel sounds. The Dutch "G" is the perfect example. Instead of the softy English g, we get full use of our throat sounds (except for people from the Limburg province, but they're practically Belgian anyway).

Yes, I love Dutch. And still I love English more. I'm a bit of an Anglophile.
English is easier to learn, but Dutch is easier to master I think.

(SNIP) OT: I think Dutch is sort of okay. Thanks to gaming and the internet I do prefer English, though.
Also, does anyone else think Dutch sounds like German mixed with English? I've heard that a lot from non-dutch-speakers.

I do think Dutch sounds like German. Same basics really. The only reason I think Dutch sounds more like English is because we adopt English words, where Germans make new words more often.

 

[Dags90]

May I ask what's wrong with Swedish?


I think Swedish is fine but I honestly haven't given much thought about it

It just sounds silly. The vowel sounds remind me of a ludicrously exaggerated English.

Spoiler: Perhaps I watched too much of The Muppets growing up.

 

[MrTub]

May I ask what's wrong with Swedish?


I think Swedish is fine but I honestly haven't given much thought about it

It just sounds silly. The vowel sounds remind me of a ludicrously exaggerated English.

Spoiler: Perhaps I watched too much of The Muppets growing up.

I must point out that it's not Swedish that he is speaking

 

[Dags90]

I must point out that is not Swedish

Well obviously. I've seen Caramelldansen before, I can recognize Swedish.

 

[Alcamonic]

I find Swedish to be a very dull and somewhat dead language.

As a result I try to consume as much of the English medium as possible via games, movies and news articles.

 

[felbot]

i love Swedish, it always sounds like someone singing to me, although i imagine it being confusing as all hell to other people.

my favorite word? björk, my most used word? fan.

 

[Chemical Alia]

Well, English is certainly better than the "language of my people", Pennsylvania Dutch.

Worst sounding thing ever. Proof [http://deitscheblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/wann-die-weibsleit-gschefdich-sin-kenne-die-mannsleit-schpiele.m4a]

It's also not Dutch.

 

[Kerboom]

Gaelic, really upsetting nowadays, only people of 50+ knows how to speak it

I'm trying to work out why a supposedly Irish person would use the term "Gaelic". Considering it's never called "Gaelic", and only ever "Irish" or "gaeilge", your statement confuses me.

And also, even then, unless you grew up in a gaeltacht area, English would be your native language, as "native language" is defined by "the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood."

OT: Eh. I've spoken English as long as I can remember. I can speak semi-fluent Irish and French, and a bit of German. I prefer English.

The others are all unnecessarily complicated.