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griz
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Prettiest Word in a Foreign Language
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Oct 5 02:04 UTC 1991 |
Okay, to continue the trend: What is the prettiest word in a foreign
language that you have ever heard? You don't even have to know the
language or know what the word means.
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danr
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response 1 of 28:
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Oct 5 13:15 UTC 1991 |
I think Spanish and Italian are the most beautiful languages.
Wouldn't you love to live in a place named Milano or Guadalajara?
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jenny
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response 2 of 28:
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Oct 5 14:49 UTC 1991 |
I agree with danr. It seems everything sounds more pleasant and upbeat
in Spanish. Take the word cucaracha, (I've spelled this wrong), which is
Spanish for cockroach. It sounds almost happy especially when sung.
As if you'd like having cucarachas in your house.
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griz
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response 3 of 28:
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Oct 5 17:18 UTC 1991 |
I have always been fond of the German word "Schlagsahne", which means
"whipping cream".
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mythago
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response 4 of 28:
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Oct 5 19:31 UTC 1991 |
I'm very fond of Hebrew; the sentence structure is very beautiful, more
so than the individual words. Biblical Hebrew is incredibly poetic.
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reach
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response 5 of 28:
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Oct 8 01:20 UTC 1991 |
I like "merde"
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danr
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response 6 of 28:
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Oct 8 16:34 UTC 1991 |
Being the coffee lover that I am (see agora, item 89), I vote for
"capuccino."
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katie
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response 7 of 28:
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Oct 9 03:10 UTC 1991 |
Nah, it sounds too much like "Al Pacino."
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garima
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response 8 of 28:
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Dec 12 07:23 UTC 1993 |
Um.... Ich liebe dich? Je t'aime? "Signorina" is pretty.
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vidar
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response 9 of 28:
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Jan 3 02:57 UTC 1994 |
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redwood
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response 10 of 28:
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Jan 24 04:13 UTC 1994 |
The best German word is "Kissen." It translates: pillows.
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vidar
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response 11 of 28:
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Jan 28 23:00 UTC 1994 |
Ja, Ich weiss.
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srw
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response 12 of 28:
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Jan 29 06:33 UTC 1994 |
I resemble that remark.
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davel
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response 13 of 28:
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Jan 29 14:18 UTC 1994 |
<snicker>
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ydg
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response 14 of 28:
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Oct 31 08:43 UTC 1994 |
My favorite phrase : Baruch HaShem HaMashiach. Note that ch is pronounced
as in german "Buch" , in fact, baruch rhymes with Buch.
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srw
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response 15 of 28:
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Oct 31 14:38 UTC 1994 |
(Blessed be the name of the Messiah - in Hebrew - for those who were wondering)
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rickverm
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response 16 of 28:
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Dec 5 16:01 UTC 1994 |
I love you:
German - Ich liebe dich
French - Je t'aime
Italian: Ti amo
Spanish: Te querro
Dutch: Ik hou van jou
Swedish: Elska dei
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kami
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response 17 of 28:
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Dec 5 19:13 UTC 1994 |
the Irish for worry is imni, pronounced "imri" I love it the way it rolls.
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brighn
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response 18 of 28:
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Dec 5 22:00 UTC 1994 |
Ukrainian: Ya lublu tebe ("teh-bay")
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srw
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response 19 of 28:
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Dec 6 01:38 UTC 1994 |
Which very similar to the Russian: Ya Lyublyu tebye.
Re 16: Spanish: Te quiero.
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brighn
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response 20 of 28:
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Dec 6 03:48 UTC 1994 |
(Hardly surprising that Russian and Ukrainian ae similar on that count.)
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rickverm
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response 21 of 28:
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Dec 9 07:30 UTC 1994 |
Dutch: pollepel = wooden spoon.
Dutch: rariteitenkabinet (a collection of strange things,
mostly a bit tacky or gruesome.
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elayne
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response 22 of 28:
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Feb 5 23:39 UTC 1995 |
How about the French "papillon"? In Ukrainian, it is "metalika". These words
just roll off my tongue.
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keesan
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response 23 of 28:
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Jan 12 18:54 UTC 1998 |
Albanian I love you is 'te dua' or 'te due' depending on dialect. I once got
a postcard with I love you in all the languages of Yugoslavia - Ljubim te
(Slovene), Volim te (Serbo-Croatian), Te sakam (Macedonian), and I forget the
Turkish. The Russian is, I think, Ya tebya lyublyu.
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atticus
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response 24 of 28:
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Jan 22 12:02 UTC 1998 |
I love you == "Njan ninne' sne'hikkunnu" (Malayalam)
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