Beautiful Languages

[Future Raptor Ace]

The beautiful language of binary
01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100000 01000001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01000001 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100001 00100000 01101000 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000

and then you have the beautiful Hexadecimal
48 65 6c 6c 6f 20 41 6c 69 7a 65 65 20 41 6d 65 72 69 63 61 20 68 6f 77 20 61 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20

[le chat des Etats]

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't

[Future Raptor Ace]

Originally Posted by le chat des Etats

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't

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[Jenny_HRO87]

oh that's an interesting topic

Originally Posted by Merci Alizée

German is probably considered anti-beautiful? Germans (read Jenny) please don't kill me for this.

nah I would never kill you. I know A LOT of people say that.

Originally Posted by lefty12357

I hear a lot of people say that French is the most beautiful language. I think this concept of "beautiful language" has a lot to do with the way a language sounds when properly pronounced rather than just the words of the language itself. That's why many English speakers like the sound of a person speaking English with a French accent, or for that matter, with an Italian accent. They can almost make English sound beautiful. Personally, I enjoy hearing English spoken in many different accents.

I guess you nailed it.

Originally Posted by Karin

cause its hard like a swine

maybe. But I think Russian is much worse... nothing against Russians ofc... but if I hear a Russian talking it sounds kinda scary xD And much "harder" than German... in my point of view.

I agree, German isn't the nicest-sounding language (and some dialects are terrible... but you have terrible dialects in every language) at all I mean it's pretty harsh or better it sounds harsh to people who doesn't know it very well... or perhaps also to people who learn it... but it's also a beautiful language, I'm convinced every language has its own beauty and I think the German-is-a-terrible-language attitude maybe has also something to do with the sometimes negative views on Germany in general... considering all the things that happened in the last century.... I just mean I highly doubt that German has the reputation of a harsh language when it comes to Goethe and Schiller... oh well I'm talking all kind of rubbish ignore that...

I think French really is one of the most beautiful languages, I don't really know how to find the right words why... it's just a language that "flows" that you are listening to and it sounds beautiful and every word seems to match with the one before in a totally perfect melodic way... I hope you know what I mean.

But I also think English is a beautiful language and it maybe sounds nicer than German too (ok, I have to be honest I have a weakness for some accents from the UK ^^)...

But I guess your opinion what language is beautiful has also something to do what kind of languages you are used too... by the way... so many people say French is the most beautiful language... I wonder what the French would pick if you would answer them this question... what language they would think is the most beautiful (apart from their mother tongue)...

[Karin]

Originally Posted by Jenny_HRO87

But I think Russian is much worse... nothing against Russians ofc... but if I hear a Russian talking it sounds kinda scary xD And much "harder" than German... in my point of view.

for us slavic people no, it sound very similar

[Jenny_HRO87]

Originally Posted by Karin

for us slavic people no, it sound very similar

and that's exactly my point

Whether a language sounds nice or beautiful to someone or not also depends on what you are used too... so there might be even people (talking about non-native speakers of course) who think that German is highly beautiful

[Rev]

Originally Posted by le chat des Etats

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't

Yes. Very good.

Originally Posted by Future Raptor Ace

The beautiful language of binary
01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100000 01000001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01000001 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100001 00100000 01101000 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000

and then you have the beautiful Hexadecimal
48 65 6c 6c 6f 20 41 6c 69 7a 65 65 20 41 6d 65 72 69 63 61 20 68 6f 77 20 61 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20

So, are you going to tell us what you said, or do I have to dig up a converter somewhere?

Edit:

Originally Posted by Jenny_HRO87

...I agree, German isn't the nicest-sounding language (and some dialects are terrible... but you have terrible dialects in every language) at all I mean it's pretty harsh or better it sounds harsh to people who doesn't know it very well... or perhaps also to people who learn it... but it's also a beautiful language, I'm convinced every language has its own beauty and I think the German-is-a-terrible-language attitude maybe has also something to do with the sometimes negative views on Germany in general... considering all the things that happened in the last century.... I just mean I highly doubt that German has the reputation of a harsh language when it comes to Goethe and Schiller...

Which dialect sounds the harshest to you, and which the nicest?

By the way, historically, my wife's family is from Germany. Although they no longer speak German, the essence of being German still flows through them.

Originally Posted by Jenny_HRO87

...But I also think English is a beautiful language and it maybe sounds nicer than German too (ok, I have to be honest I have a weakness for some accents from the UK ^^)

But I guess your opinion what language is beautiful has also something to do what kind of languages you are used too... by the way... so many people say French is the most beautiful language... I wonder what the French would pick if you would answer them this question... what language they would think is the most beautiful (apart from their mother tongue)...

Of course, English (and especially American English) is a little bit of everything (took words from many other languages), and has had waves of influence from other countries over the centuries.

Do you know what part of the UK has the most interesting or best sounding accent to you?

Its funny, but I really like Spanish as a language. It could be that Spanish would be the most beautiful language - if spoken with french emphasis and accent (I would love to hear what that would sound like).

[Future Raptor Ace]

Originally Posted by Rev

So, are you going to tell us what you said, or do I have to dig up a converter somewhere?

"Hello Alizee America how are you"

[Jenny_HRO87]

Originally Posted by Rev

Which dialect sounds the harshest to you, and which the nicest?

By the way, historically, my wife's family is from Germany. Although they no longer speak German, the essence of being German still flows through them.

it always fascinates me how many different origins Americans can have, even if their ancestors came to America ages ago...

about dialects - I obviously don't know all, especially because I'm from Northern Germany where you also have dialects but in my opinion they aren't so heavy like others e. g. in South Germany... I don't really think that there's a "nicest" accent... I guess "Standard" German is ok, so that kind of German you talk when you don't have any heavy dialect (of course everyone has a slight dialect... for example I never really thought I would have any but then I moved to an other federal state to do my training and my classmate asked if there is any dialect where I come from and I was like "well some people say that we for example tend to stretch the vowels" and my classmate was like "that's true" and I was pretty flabbergasted because I never really noticed that myself... and now sometimes I do... and this was a long story with no meaning at all)... Low German (the version I know from here) sounds quite nice but not a lot of people don't talk it anymore, it's more or less dying out... it's just nice, I don't know... an other dialect I like is the one people in and around Berlin talk... it's not "beautiful" but it's that kind of dialect that makes you like a person without really knowing him or her. It's a kind of blunt, direct, I-say-what-I-want but likeable dialect...

The worst? Besides the Bavarian dialect it's basically the dialect people in Saxony talk... nothing against these people but this dialect is just hilarious. It sounds horrible and funny the same time. You can't take anyone serious who talks with his dialect. And you aren't even mean. It simply is like that.

Originally Posted by Rev

Of course, English (and especially American English) is a little bit of everything (took words from many other languages), and has had waves of influence from other countries over the centuries.

I have to admit it always makes me smile a bit when I read or watch something in English and suddenly a word of German origin appears.. I know it's stupid but it always feels like a little "wave" from home... also when I learnt English in school I was glad that there were some words of French origin which I knew from French class and so it was easier to figure out their meaning in English and to remember them...

Originally Posted by Rev

Do you know what part of the UK has the most interesting or best sounding accent to you?

I don't really know... also I wouldn't allow myself to judge because my knowledge of UK accents is basically from British shows and actors I admire... sometimes I think Scottish accents have something friendly even if it's really hard to understand them... I don't really know. It's just... and this is nothing against you guys really... I don't know it's hard to explain why I like UK accents more than US accents... perhaps because the UK is closer or in school we learn British English... or because even if it's sometimes a lot harder to follow BBC News than CNN it just sounds a bit more classy... oh I don't know... you are better off to ignore this xD

and this was a long meaningless post. I guess I still won't delete it. I'm sorry.

[lefty12357]

Jenny, I'm glad you didn't delete your post. It was interesting to me.

Now I will say something that is truly uninteresting. The region of the USA I live in has a significant number of people of German ancestry. My mother's family traces its roots back to Pommern, which was part of Prussia at the time (around 1860), and now is part of Poland. http://pomeranianews.com/pomerania_map.html