Poll: One world language... that isn't yours.
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Chinese, I have studied french and found that a language with so many exceptions is just annoying XD and german is too harsh, i love the grammar and how it is layed out so easy, just doesnt sound nice... Mandarin on the other hand is great 
Grammar is similar to english and even if you cant read the character, the components of it mean that you can understand it anyway, better than having to learn how to spell a word, and even then the meaning might not be clear
Grammar is similar to english and even if you cant read the character, the components of it mean that you can understand it anyway, better than having to learn how to spell a word, and even then the meaning might not be clear 
Spanish. Because I love to sing in spanish.
On the subject of French.
To quote Chopper Reid, in French you just add 'le' in front of everything. As in: Le Sawn-ff Le Shotgun.
On the subject of French.
To quote Chopper Reid, in French you just add 'le' in front of everything. As in: Le Sawn-ff Le Shotgun.
Oh man, I can't decide, most of them are good.
However, I want to object to the notion of Esperanto. That language is an abominiation, an awkward-sounding frankenstein sloppily cobbled together from European languages.
If I had to choose, though, I suppose french, since that one I know. Or english, since it's not my first language. Or German, since it sounds awesome and seems easy enough to learn. Or spanish or swedish.
However, I want to object to the notion of Esperanto. That language is an abominiation, an awkward-sounding frankenstein sloppily cobbled together from European languages.
If I had to choose, though, I suppose french, since that one I know. Or english, since it's not my first language. Or German, since it sounds awesome and seems easy enough to learn. Or spanish or swedish.
Uhm, English is not my first language, and I would totally vote for it.
Ok, also because I´m better at it than at most other foreign languages, but that counts for most people. It serves us all very well as a lingua franca up to this point, so why change it?
Also, a language that has phrases like "Abominable Snowmen" and "The room is to small to swing a cat in it" is just made of win.
Ok, also because I´m better at it than at most other foreign languages, but that counts for most people. It serves us all very well as a lingua franca up to this point, so why change it?
Also, a language that has phrases like "Abominable Snowmen" and "The room is to small to swing a cat in it" is just made of win.
Esperanto, cause that's the entire point of Esperanto. I was dissapointed the last poll about this excluded it.
French would probably be it because a lot of organisations use it but I'd prefer German, closer to English and isn't as complicated as Latin or Romance languages
You should hear Dutch swearing. The hard consonants really come into their own. (BCDFGHJKL that's consonants right?) The sound really changes when people get riled up.Serenegoose said:It's hard to imagine being mad at someone whilst they speak dutch to you though. It's a nice language.
As for the dutch bit, I was just asking if it really sounded that interesting (and then answered my own question in English).
We don't have towns called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch though. But I always really liked 's Hertogenbosch.
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Next time, try reading the whole OP.chstens said:
...or the title of the poll.
...or the title of the thread.
It's deliberate to avoid the results being skewed by people like those quoted above you.Sephychu said:
no english?! well then - zdrastvujtie! govorim po ruskamu! (yes no Russian letters on mu keyboard....)
Japanese. I have studied it a little, and it's very well structured. There's none of that ambiguity, exceptions to rules etc. Overall it actually isn't too hard to learn, except the kanji thing.
There's literally thousands of characters that can mean whole words. Concepts and the such. Kanji for days, months, many, many words. Other than that though.
There's literally thousands of characters that can mean whole words. Concepts and the such. Kanji for days, months, many, many words. Other than that though.
Well, English doesn't have that town name either - that's Welsh. Which is also a language I like, but only because being forced to live in this hellhole, one of the few positive things I've noticed is that the language is at least consistent, unlike English.Vortigar said:You should hear Dutch swearing. The hard consonants really come into their own. (BCDFGHJKL that's consonants right?) The sound really changes when people get riled up.Serenegoose said:It's hard to imagine being mad at someone whilst they speak dutch to you though. It's a nice language.
As for the dutch bit, I was just asking if it really sounded that interesting (and then answered my own question in English).
We don't have towns called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch though. But I always really liked 's Hertogenbosch.
The last guy (chstens) I quoted because he assumed I thought everyone spoke English, which he would know is not the case had he actually read the OP, and as for the second one, I would have agreed with you that they didn't primarily speak english except for their name, which meant anything was possible.Sephychu said: