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To: cloudmountain

Cantonese spoken on the street in HongKong sounds horrible, and the social norms there take getting used to. Its not the language in itself, but the way it is normally used.
Cantonese for my money is, in its typical application, one of the worlds worst sounding languages.


52 posted on 01/05/2014 6:47:53 AM PST by buwaya
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To: buwaya
Cantonese spoken on the street in HongKong sounds horrible, and the social norms there take getting used to. Its not the language in itself, but the way it is normally used. Cantonese for my money is, in its typical application, one of the worlds worst sounding languages.

Well, it's clear that you don't hate the Germans. When I speak with Germany-haters the first thing they say is that German is an awful sounding language.

I have also heard many people say that any Chinese sounds like screaming gibberish. I did take some Chinese and the up/downs/even tones didn't require any notation of VOLUME. Nothing sounds too bad if it isn't screamed and MOST things sound worse if they ARE screamed...cheering aside.

63 posted on 01/05/2014 6:59:21 AM PST by cloudmountain
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We are a western country and we don’t need any more obnoxious Democrat-supporting harridans from East Asia. Deport!


78 posted on 01/05/2014 7:18:00 AM PST by Clemenza (Lurking)
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