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[clarisinda]

Today I'm listening to Eurovision songs through the ages whilst working. German and Dutch are really ugly languages for singing in, aren't they?

Comments

[marnanel]

I think they think the same about English (specifically it seems over-sibilant).

[westernind]

English is horrible to sing in. I'll take Italian any day but failing that German's better than English.

[tackline]

They're not too good for telling jokes in either.

[rainfx]

There is a joke though, about a bunch of people who are arguing about which language is the most beautiful, and eventually they decide to judge it on the best translation of the word 'butterfly', a buttefly being a thing of beauty. Anyway, the english guy starts off with 'Butterfly', which gets a nod of approval from the rest of the party; then the French guy steps up with 'Papillon', and again more approving nods; and so on, and so on, through Spanish ('Mariposa'), Italian ('Farfalla'), until they get to the German guy:

"und vot is vrong vith 'Schmetterling'?"

(Sorry. Geeky language joke. I think I left my coat over here...)

[clarkprice]

German can be very nice for certain types of music. Rammstein for example.

:)

[tequilatamm]

German and Dutch are very ugly languages full stop, if you ask me.

Although I don't mind German as so many of the words are so close to English it's neither difficult to speak nor understand.