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Re: Do/Did you feel there is a language which sounds particularl
y aggressive?
By: Aliph Date: June 30, 2018, 5:16 am
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For German, like others said, it is the films about WWII, dubbed
in a caricatural way, that give this impression. I do not like
the Spanish spoken in Madrid (seseo plus the syllabes that have
all the same lenght).
Italians also can seem agressive, since they may speak loudly.
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Re: Do/Did you feel there is a language which sounds particularl
y aggressive?
By: nataliestpete Date: July 2, 2018, 6:33 am
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[quote author=the lost minion link=topic=291.msg2915#msg2915
date=1530267073]
;D For me, Russians sound as if they were drunk. I don't think
it's a prejudice, because I had the same thing with Spanish from
Spain - I guess the reason was "ceceo" (or the pronunciation of
ce/ci/z in general). When I learned enough to understand and
speak it, however, this feeling disappeared. If I ever get to
learn some Russian, as I intend to, I suspect the same thing
will happen.
[/quote]
That’s out of drinking vodka. In case Russian children speak the
same, they are surrounded by people who " breath" with alcohol
on them.
Seriously though, it’s interesting that Russian makes you such
impression. Perhaps, it's more about manners and intonation.
I speak quietly with a downward intonation (almost always).
However, my husband often makes a remark when I’m angry:”I want
to you to scream or swear instead of observing a metal sight of
your eyes when you are furious” :)
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Re: Do/Did you feel there is a language which sounds particularl
y aggressive?
By: Truman Overby Date: July 2, 2018, 11:41 am
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I used to think that German sounded like killer dogs barking and
growling. My only exposure to it had been on the TV show Hogan's
Heroes. When I heard Miriam speak it I found out I was wrong.
And you wonder why I don't trust Hollywood.
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Re: Do/Did you feel there is a language which sounds particularl
y aggressive?
By: NealC Date: July 10, 2018, 6:49 pm
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My first wife thought German sounded "romantic". She used to
get turned on listening to Falco and "ninety nine red ballons".
It is obvious now I should have nipped that relationship in the
bud...
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