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View Poll Results: Choose a language! Any language!
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Russian
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7 |
10.45% |
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Chinese
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1.49% |
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English
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10 |
14.93% |
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French
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11 |
16.42% |
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German
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9 |
13.43% |
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Italian
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8 |
11.94% |
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Japanese
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2 |
2.99% |
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Korean
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0% |
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Hawaiian
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0% |
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Thai
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0% |
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Cambodian
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0% |
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Taglog
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0% |
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Hindi
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0% |
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Welsh
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1.49% |
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Spanish
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4 |
5.97% |
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Polish
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0% |
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Lithuanian
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0% |
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Latvian
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0% |
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Finnish
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2 |
2.99% |
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Swedish
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2 |
2.99% |
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Irish
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2.99% |
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Scottish Gaelic
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0% |
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Bananese
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1.49% |
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Some Other Obscure Language
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10.45% |
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February 9, 2003, 18:18
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Emperor
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Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and French in my humble opinion.
Edited to add Portuguese, that's also a must 
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Last edited by yaroslav; February 9, 2003 at 18:32.
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February 9, 2003, 18:18
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Deity
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Arabic is the best, and I hear a wide variety of languages all the time.
Amazing that it wasn't included in the above list.
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February 9, 2003, 18:24
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Alavilla mailla hallan vaara.
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February 9, 2003, 18:25
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Prince
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Latin languages...an I voted for French as this is the only of them I understand
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February 9, 2003, 18:30
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Arabic? no way. even hebrew is better.
Not as terrible as german though.  
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February 9, 2003, 18:48
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French first, then Italian, Russian and then I have to give finnish some credit..
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February 9, 2003, 18:51
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King
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Dutch
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February 9, 2003, 19:06
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Prince
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I'd say Italian or Dutch. English with a (slight) Irish accent sounds very nice as well.
And Russian sounds horrible. Ugh.
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February 9, 2003, 19:06
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King
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I like the way Arabic people speak too.
Saluti
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February 9, 2003, 19:27
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PolyCast Thread Necromancer
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And Russian sounds horrible. Ugh.
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Invade the Dutch1
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February 9, 2003, 19:34
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Prince
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best (spoken be females of course): russian, irish gaelic, finno-swedish
worst (either sex): thai, french, japanese
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February 9, 2003, 21:03
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Chieftain
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Where's Latin???
Amo linguam latinam... Sum non compos mentis.
(For anyone who doesn't understand Latin, that means, "I love the Latin language... I'm out of my mind.")
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February 9, 2003, 21:04
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I could listen to a french woman speaking english all day long.....*sigh* That accent....yowza....
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February 9, 2003, 21:09
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An English woman trying to speak French or Dutch is to puke from however...
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February 9, 2003, 21:38
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King
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Japanese! 
Wow, you even included Hawaiian! Go Tass!
Next would be Russian cause when you get that Eurasian flavor going on, nothing beats it.
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February 9, 2003, 22:19
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King
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Tass: Irish = Gaelic 
I should know.
I vote LATIN.
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February 9, 2003, 22:23
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Chieftain
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I vote LATIN.
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Someone agrees with me!
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February 9, 2003, 23:02
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King
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French is winning now. After all long thought, I chose English. Those english accent on girls is well....
and frankychan, japanese accent on girls?  Ones with heavy accent, no, but if its light, you can spend hours making fun of her not being able to roll her tongue to sound certain things correct. 
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February 9, 2003, 23:09
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PolyCast Thread Necromancer
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February 10, 2003, 00:15
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English is ugly? I think not!
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February 10, 2003, 00:28
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Chieftain
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Italian. No other language comes close to its lyricism (not even other Romance languages).
To me, the French sound like they're speaking with cotton balls stuffed in their mouths. In contrast, Quebecois sounds very pleasing and wins my vote for the second best sounding language.
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February 10, 2003, 00:40
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Deity
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The best sounding language to me is the one a hot chick whispers in my ear.
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February 10, 2003, 00:43
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Chinese, for the singsong quality.
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February 10, 2003, 01:20
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Italian by miles.
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February 10, 2003, 01:31
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King
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I chose Russian because of its ability to easily portray both lovely femininity and rousing masculinity. It can be lyrical or harsh depending on the speaker and the mood.
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February 10, 2003, 03:04
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Castillian!
Spanish is a wonderful language, but most of its speakers butcher it horribly. Cubans, Dominicans, and Peurto Ricans are the worst at it.
For all of yah who like Italian, listen to an Argentine: its all basically Spanish with an Italin accent.
As for the topic of Language and women: Latin women. Need we say more? (Russian girls ar beautiful, but have a radioactive half-life. Wait till they are 60...  )
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February 10, 2003, 03:20
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Warlord
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I voted French, but I'm also a fan of Chinese and Finnish.
Finnish just fascinates me. I mean, it's sandwiched between Russian, Swedish, and German-type language zones, but it resembles none of them!
Plus, the Fins gave the world Janne Niinimaa, Jani Rita, Teemu Selanne, Teppo Numinnen, and, my favourite, Jari Kurri!
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February 10, 2003, 03:54
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Warlord
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It's the Russian language, stupid!
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February 10, 2003, 04:27
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Deity
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no dutch?
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