How does english sound to other people

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More Stories. Forums alt. From another newsgroup: regarding problems with translating English movies into German It's even more of a challenge going the other way Reminds me of what the late, great Quentin Crisp wrote in his book "How to Go to the Movies" - he said, in reference to a movie, that when you're reading an English edition of Marcel Proust, "if you turn the pages too fast, you may miss the principal verb. It is like sugar for the tongue.

I'm guessing, unfortunately, that most non-German-speaking people do not find German to be an attractive-sounding language or accent. Regardless of German history, I mean.

However, I wouldn't be too surprised if the same were true regarding English, but I've never heard anyone comment on that. Most Caribbean and African accents, at least, sound syrupy-sweet to me, though not exactly seductive.

Now, the Spanish and French languages sound attractive to at least half of those people who don't speak either language, I'm guessing. I wouldn't be too surprised if the same were true regarding English, but I've never heard anyone comment on that. For the Polish-speaking persons, English sounds very weird: like a mumbling of a guy with a very bad cold and completely blocked nose. Try to say something like "wamwamwamwamwamwamwam" trough your nose and you'll get the feeling of how English is perceived.

I've heard positive and negative things said about the sound of English over the years. On the one hand, I've heard that the language has "wild pronunciation" but on the other hand I've also heard it described as one of the most masculine sounding languages too according to the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen.

Jesperson even said that women writing in English often had a style that was considered more "masculine" by women in non-English speaking countries. I would like to say that English is an odd language. Thats why English feels a bit odd to me. You name it - it can sound like it - including the ways you mentioned It depends who is speaking, how they are speaking and where they are from Of what English are we talking?

As far as I know there are at least five Englishes please correct me if I'm wrong : 1.