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    Quote Originally Posted by Italicus View Post
    Yes, I have heard. But I think the two are related like Germanic languages to Slavic languages. Same root, but significant divergence.
    or even further away (idk exactly but they are not very closely related indeed) which makes it even crazier, yes. You would never confuse Germanic and Slavic languages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Feiichy View Post
    or even further away (idk exactly but they are not very closely related indeed) which makes it even crazier, yes. You would never confuse Germanic and Slavic languages.
    I wonder if for Hungarians or Finns think that Indo European languages sound very similar. I have also heard that Turkish sounds somewhat similar to Finno Ugric languages to the untrained ear, despite no relation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Italicus View Post
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    I'm with Italicus there. A song about bloody dog fights would sound like a gorgeous love song in a Romance language. My bottom choices include German, Chinese, Khoisan ("click, click"), and Yiddish. If "Yapping Toy Purse Dog" was a choice, it would be at the top of the bottom like some of the freaks in Slow Joe's regime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anglo-Celtic View Post
    I'm with Italicus there. A song about bloody dog fights would sound like a gorgeous love song in a Romance language. My bottom choices include German, Chinese, Khoisan ("click, click"), and Yiddish. If "Yapping Toy Purse Dog" was a choice, it would be at the top of the bottom like some of the freaks in Slow Joe's regime.
    https://voca.ro/1fsxt3Cdn2K2

    Oh the dogs, they love to fight,
    this is what they were born to do
    And the blacks love this sport,
    for them it is fun,
    because they have no work
    Last edited by Italicus; 11-29-2022 at 08:10 PM.

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    Circassian
    I like the Germanic languages with the exception of English given it is much more nasal sounding and has contradictory grammar rules due to French corruption. Circassian is included because I do find the Caucasian cultures interesting and of them it is my favored.

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    Chinese is nightmarishly unstandardized. Arabic sounds harsh and is difficult. Swahili is obsessed over by Black nationalists whom use it to debase my native language. I think Italian sounds ugly and I personally dislike romance languages. Spanish same as italian minus sounding ugly plus being spoken too quickly and at too high a pitch.

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    Russian (I like Ensemble Alexandrov's songs)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Italicus View Post
    https://voca.ro/1fsxt3Cdn2K2

    Oh the dogs, they love to fight,
    that's what they were bred to do,
    this is what they were born to do
    And the blacks love this sport,
    for them it is fun,
    because they have no work
    LOL See what I mean? You and Meade could do a Julio Iglesias-Willie Nelson duet, "To All The Dogs I've Fought Before".

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    Favorite: Portuguese, Basque, Georgian, Sardinian dialect, Gaelic

    Least: none, I love all languages aside from indian dialects that sound annoying
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    Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Japanese, and Lahnda

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    Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Burmese, Filipino

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