'French with friends, German with enemies, and Italian with the female sex'

[TheNepenthe]

These are some of the prevailing myths ('general beliefs') about languages.

What are they and how did they come to be in the first place?
Do you agree or disagree with them and why?

This, being a forum with members as native speakers is a good place to discuss it.

Personally, I think quite the opposite of the title:

- German sounds determined, a bit soft yet strong and as such I would rate it as language of both friendship and love
- French is too 'nasal' and I often feel like the speaker is choking bit by bit and is about to spit out some of the vital organs at any moment, therefore I am always on needles, too uncomfortable for any intimate talk
- Italian is too melodic and aggressive...it's a language one might use to argue with a neighbor, a boss or hated politician (I'd use it to opposite gender when expressing my desire to get them to f*ck off, but I doubt that's what this quote refers to)

[Kilohertz]

Italian is amazing for classical singing, of course and my boyfriend finds French rather sexy-sounding. German has a charm all of its own, and I agree that it doesn't necessarily have to sound angry or evil. It does have so many perfect sounds for industrial music, though, and I find it the most fun to use distortion and bitcrushing on

But if anything, I feel like everything sounds sweeter in Estonian.