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Started by Martinus, May 06, 2015, 01:11:15 PM

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Monoriu

#30
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 06, 2015, 01:25:49 PM


Nicest sounding Asian language is probably Jap.


Only if spoken by a girl  ;)

Valmy

Quote from: Malthus on May 06, 2015, 04:02:07 PM
Wow. It's powerful enough an aphrodisiac of a phrase to turn you gay:hmm:

:P

I am Francosexual :P
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Sheilbh

#32
French is a beautiful language.

Portuguese is the ugliest and most pointless of the Romance languages.

I quite like Serbo-Croat and Scandi languages. Less keen on German (also I find German a very difficult language to try and speak on holiday, and it always sounds very, very camp - I sound like Lieutenant Gruber).

I also like Mandarin, Japanese, Russian and Arabic (though the latter two very much depend on the mood its spoken in :lol:).

Edit: Also I am very much excited by the prospect of hundreds of Marti-threads about French, France, Piketty and wine (he's learning French again, you know) :P
Let's bomb Russia!

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German sounds like Klingon.
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dps

Quote from: grumbler on May 06, 2015, 06:24:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 06, 2015, 06:17:17 PM
I am Francosexual :P

I thought Franco was still dead.  :huh:

Hey, we've become more accepting of all kinds of alternative sexual orientations.  Why not necrophilia?

The Larch

Quote from: Sheilbh on May 06, 2015, 06:23:31 PMPortuguese is the ugliest and most pointless of the Romance languages.

Obviously you haven't heard Romanian.

Sheilbh

Quote from: The Larch on May 06, 2015, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 06, 2015, 06:23:31 PMPortuguese is the ugliest and most pointless of the Romance languages.

Obviously you haven't heard Romanian.
I have several Romanian friends :P (I almost said, including Romanian :lol:)

Portuguese sounds more Slavic than Romanian to me. It reminds me of Polish.
Let's bomb Russia!

Eddie Teach

Quote from: Sheilbh on May 06, 2015, 06:23:31 PM
Edit: Also I am very much excited by the prospect of hundreds of Marti-threads about French, France, Piketty and wine (he's learning French again, you know) :P

He will be Valmy's new favorite poster.
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garbon

Quote from: dps on May 06, 2015, 06:43:03 PM
Quote from: grumbler on May 06, 2015, 06:24:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 06, 2015, 06:17:17 PM
I am Francosexual :P

I thought Franco was still dead.  :huh:

Hey, we've become more accepting of all kinds of alternative sexual orientations.  Why not necrophilia?

<_<
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The Larch

Quote from: Sheilbh on May 06, 2015, 07:04:43 PM
Quote from: The Larch on May 06, 2015, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 06, 2015, 06:23:31 PMPortuguese is the ugliest and most pointless of the Romance languages.

Obviously you haven't heard Romanian.
I have several Romanian friends :P (I almost said, including Romanian :lol:)

Portuguese sounds more Slavic than Romanian to me. It reminds me of Polish.

Slavic? How so? Pronunciation is weird (particulary for Portugal's Portuguese), but not Polish level weird.

Duque de Bragança

Quote from: The Larch on May 10, 2015, 06:14:57 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 06, 2015, 07:04:43 PM
Quote from: The Larch on May 06, 2015, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 06, 2015, 06:23:31 PMPortuguese is the ugliest and most pointless of the Romance languages.

Obviously you haven't heard Romanian.
I have several Romanian friends :P (I almost said, including Romanian :lol:)

Portuguese sounds more Slavic than Romanian to me. It reminds me of Polish.

Slavic? How so? Pronunciation is weird (particulary for Portugal's Portuguese), but not Polish level weird.

He's a Brit, they're even worse than the French for languages.

Slavic speakers would perhaps say Portuguese is weird, but like weird Castilian or Italian.

Valmy

Quote from: grumbler on May 06, 2015, 06:24:44 PM
I thought Franco was still dead.  :huh:

Generalissimo Francisco Franco will never die in my heart :wub:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

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Grey Fox

Quote from: Pedrito on May 06, 2015, 02:37:24 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 06, 2015, 02:09:40 PM
I was called a small turd in Italian today.

It sounded so nice.
Stronzetto:lol:

Yes.

Quote from: Malthus on May 06, 2015, 02:17:32 PM
There has got to be a backstory to that.  :lol:

Not really, I just have an Italian coworker that is also an asshole & I am is padawan.
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