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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #600 on: September 23, 2014, 04:36:25 pm »
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I think French sounds very weird and aggressive. And kind of ugly. Most people don't agree with me. And also, I don't mean it as an insult to the French speakers. It's just that I don't find it very nice to listen to.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #601 on: September 23, 2014, 04:39:15 pm »
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I think French sounds very weird and aggressive. And kind of ugly. Most people don't agree with me. And also, I don't mean it as an insult to the French speakers. It's just that I don't find it very nice to listen to.

Comment oses-tu ?

Obviously I don't mean it as an insult either when I say I hate English. And it might be an overstatement, but I never, ever, hear or read a sentence in English and think "that's a beautiful way of saying it". Which I do often in French and German.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #602 on: September 23, 2014, 04:51:21 pm »
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And it might be an overstatement, but I never, ever, hear or read a sentence in English and think "that's a beautiful way of saying it". Which I do often in French and German.
man, I think the exact opposite is true. well, I don't know about french, because I don't speak it well enough, but sentence structure in german really sucks. it's so much better in English.

It enlightened my deafened scream,
Where hatred was reigning supreme,
Thus switching ways, inverting nights and days
And breaking the walls of my rational maze.


it's impossible to even write german poetry that sounds this good. if you try it, and I had to in school n stuff, it sounds lengthy, awkward, and forced. german. sucks. not to  mention that there are words in english that are literally missing in german.

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #603 on: September 23, 2014, 04:58:21 pm »
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not to  mention that there are words in english that are literally missing in german.

Well, that's because English aggressively steals words from other languages. If we don't have a word for something, we find a language that does.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #604 on: September 23, 2014, 05:25:31 pm »
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not to  mention that there are words in english that are literally missing in german.

Well, that's because English aggressively steals words from other languages. If we don't have a word for something, we find a language that does.

e.g. schadenfreude
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #605 on: September 23, 2014, 05:34:48 pm »
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gemüdlich is another German word that doesn't really exist in French (or in English AFAIK).

Every language has these little untranslatable words.

I think I like German because I like long, complicated sentences. I dislike English for its relative grammatic simplicity.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #606 on: September 23, 2014, 05:35:06 pm »
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not to  mention that there are words in english that are literally missing in german.

Well, that's because English aggressively steals words from other languages. If we don't have a word for something, we find a language that does.

All languages do that.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #607 on: September 23, 2014, 05:36:44 pm »
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Languages?

Latin is pretty cool.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #608 on: September 23, 2014, 05:42:03 pm »
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not to  mention that there are words in english that are literally missing in german.

Well, that's because English aggressively steals words from other languages. If we don't have a word for something, we find a language that does.

All languages do that.

I have heard tell that French in particular does not. That there is a movement to keep French pure. Is this not the case?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #609 on: September 23, 2014, 05:42:27 pm »
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And it might be an overstatement, but I never, ever, hear or read a sentence in English and think "that's a beautiful way of saying it". Which I do often in French and German.
man, I think the exact opposite is true. well, I don't know about french, because I don't speak it well enough, but sentence structure in german really sucks. it's so much better in English.

It enlightened my deafened scream,
Where hatred was reigning supreme,
Thus switching ways, inverting nights and days
And breaking the walls of my rational maze.


it's impossible to even write german poetry that sounds this good. if you try it, and I had to in school n stuff, it sounds lengthy, awkward, and forced. german. sucks. not to  mention that there are words in english that are literally missing in german.
If you "have to try" writing poems, of course it's going to sound horrible regardless of the language. If they told everyone at school to compose a funk song, would you compare them with Mirrorthrone and conclude that symphonic black metal is better than funk?

My favorite languages are Dutch and Chinese. I can't speak either language and understand very little of both, but they sound incredibly awesome.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #610 on: September 23, 2014, 05:46:21 pm »
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it's impossible to even write german poetry that sounds this good. if you try it, and I had to in school n stuff, it sounds lengthy, awkward, and forced.

Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind ?
Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind
Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm
Er fasst ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm.

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Mein Vater, mein Vater, und siehst du nicht dort
Erlkönigs Töchter am düsteren Ort ? –
Mein Sohn, mein Sohn, ich seh’ es genau,
Es scheinen die alten Weiden so grau. –

„Ich liebe dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt,
Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch ich Gewalt !“


I mean, tastes are what they are, but there is gorgeous poetry in German.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #611 on: September 23, 2014, 05:49:51 pm »
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not to  mention that there are words in english that are literally missing in german.

Well, that's because English aggressively steals words from other languages. If we don't have a word for something, we find a language that does.

All languages do that.

I have heard tell that French in particular does not. That there is a movement to keep French pure. Is this not the case?

People bitch about the "intrusion" of English words in the French language yeah, but it's utterly stupid and mostly without effect. We have adopted a lot of English words. Then the Académie Française comes up with French words for "hashtag" or "marketing", and no one uses them.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #612 on: September 23, 2014, 06:02:50 pm »
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Is this a good time to say I hate the English language ?

Yes.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #613 on: September 23, 2014, 06:27:05 pm »
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Languages?

Latin is pretty cool.

No way, when it comes to ancient languages greek is so much better than Latin.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #614 on: September 23, 2014, 06:27:49 pm »
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Languages?

Latin is pretty cool.

No way, when it comes to ancient languages greek is so much better than Latin.

Definitely.  Greeks had a word for peanut butter.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #615 on: September 23, 2014, 06:44:47 pm »
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Languages?

Latin is pretty cool.

No way, when it comes to ancient languages greek is so much better than Latin.

Definitely.  Greeks had a word for peanut butter.

It's true. I heard it from a pretty credible source.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #616 on: September 23, 2014, 06:45:39 pm »
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gemüdlich
*gemütlich :P

and... comfortable?

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #617 on: September 23, 2014, 06:48:52 pm »
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it's impossible to even write german poetry that sounds this good. if you try it, and I had to in school n stuff, it sounds lengthy, awkward, and forced.

Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind ?
Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind
Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm
Er fasst ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm.

[...]

Mein Vater, mein Vater, und siehst du nicht dort
Erlkönigs Töchter am düsteren Ort ? –
Mein Sohn, mein Sohn, ich seh’ es genau,
Es scheinen die alten Weiden so grau. –

„Ich liebe dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt,
Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch ich Gewalt !“


I mean, tastes are what they are, but there is gorgeous poetry in German.

actually, this is probably the poem that I was going to use in response to Awaclus' post.  this is established german poetry, and, well, I wouldn't describe it as gorgeous. this specific poem to me is particularly unimpressive, because it uses dialogue that noone would ever say in this way. It doesn't feel believable. and it doesn't read well.

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #618 on: September 23, 2014, 07:03:06 pm »
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Poetry isn't really concerning itself with sounding believable, that's entirely beside the point...

I've been spelling gemütlich wrong for a while apparently. Comfortable is what comes closest to it, but you'll agree that it's not exactly it ?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #619 on: September 23, 2014, 07:07:37 pm »
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My language could beat up your language
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« Reply #620 on: September 23, 2014, 07:13:21 pm »
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Poetry isn't really concerning itself with sounding believable, that's entirely beside the point...

that completely depends on the perceiving perspective. I read this poem, and I can't stand the dialogue, that takes me out of the experience. though I'm of course biased because this is a classic piece to cover in school.

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #621 on: September 23, 2014, 07:52:57 pm »
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I really like English for its huge variety of potential words for similar concepts that allows for a number of nuanced meanings. It is, of course, difficult for me to compare other languages, since I speak none very well and certainly no where close to as well as I know English.

My perception though (and please someone with more data correct me if I'm wrong), is that English has made a habit of stealing words from other languages (much more so than other languages) and was already a mash of romance languages onto some kind of old German to begin with (which just makes English spelling a nightmare). I think this means that English usually has a wider variety of words to express the nuances of a topic. My dad used to live in the Netherlands, and commented that Dutch seemed to have far fewer words to express things. Of course, his opinion might also have been colored by being a native English speaker.

English still has a number of failings though. The one that most bothers me is the huge number of meanings for "love": which can express the type of feeling you have for a restaurant you've visited a few times, for your family, or for someone with whom you are romantically involved (with the whole aspect of sexuality). The confusion and apprehension this linguistic failing creates is extraordinarily frustrating.


Also I'm taking Elementary German this semester and enjoying it a fair bit. Except for genders. Those just seem entirely arbitrary.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #622 on: September 23, 2014, 08:09:55 pm »
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Languages?

Latin is pretty cool.

No way, when it comes to ancient languages greek is so much better than Latin.
I believe you. Latin's still pretty cool though.

(haven't studied ancient greek, have studied latin).
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #623 on: September 23, 2014, 08:13:44 pm »
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I've been spelling gemütlich wrong for a while apparently. Comfortable is what comes closest to it, but you'll agree that it's not exactly it ?

I'm... not sure. I think it's pretty safe to assume that I know exactly what gemütlich means. I use comfortable pretty much as a synonym.

where do you think lies the difference?

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #624 on: September 23, 2014, 09:16:39 pm »
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If "gemütlich" doesn't exist in english, what does Baloo sing in the jungle book?
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