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Is Polish amongst the best-sounding languages in the world?


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Monia  Jul 1, 11, 13:03    #91
Everything depends on the intonation and timbre of voice, every language spoken in a certain way may sound nice or less nice. A great role plays a perception of the language which is subject to certain associations hidden in the subconscious mind.

I like English, I believe that both the British accent and the American is equally attractive.

Spanish is also pleasing to the ear.

Both languages ​​are soft and warm.

Polish sounds a bit too hard, but for me it doesn`t matter because it is my native language . Somehow I have to admit that it bothers me a little bit an English pronunciation with a typical Polish accent. I can`t really listen to it . I have the impression that the negative perception of the Poles in America is the result of just the way the Poles speak English.

What a pity, because this way has no connection with national characteristics of Poles , but with huge differences in both languages.
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To me Polish is like the French of the Slavic speaking world.
Polish sometimes sounds kind of nasally like French.

On the other hand I think Russian is like the German of the Slavic speaking world.

Russian sounds more rough than other Slavic languages.

But, I notice when Poles get excited or rowdy it starts to sound more like Russian. LOL
alexw68  Jul 1, 11, 13:07    #93
Monia:
I have the impression that the negative perception of the Poles in America is the result of just the way the Poles speak English.

Or that the Yanks have no taste :)

In Britain we find the female variant especially mysterious, elusive, enticing - without the undercurrent of bored petulance that we think we hear in the Russian equivalent.

Sorry? What? Oh, it's only me then, is it?
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PolskiMoc:
Russian sounds more rough than other Slavic languages.


It's so obvious that you've never been to Poland.

One minute in the company of a Pole will tell you that the general opinion is that Russian is far more melodic than Polish - hence why Easterners 'sing' in Polish.
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delphiandomine:
hence why Easterners 'sing' in Polish.


Easterners sing in Polish?

You mean like Sasha Strunin?
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Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂ 		 Jul 1, 11, 13:23    #96
I wonder if Czech sounds as silly and amusing to non-speakers of Polish?
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Polonius3:
I wonder if Czech sounds as silly and amusing to non-speakers of Polish?

Sounded funny to me when I lived there.
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Polonius3:
I wonder if Czech sounds as silly and amusing to non-speakers of Polish?


Yeah Czech really does sound crazy.

I notice when I hear Czech It doesn't sound as Slavic. I actually have trouble telling a Czech person is Slavic sometimes when I first hear them speak.

I really think Czechs must have another influence. I have wondered if there is even a Celtic influence as Celts did live in Czech Republic for a long time.
Monia  Jul 1, 11, 13:41    #99
alexw68:
In Britain we find the female variant especially mysterious, elusive, enticing


That's nice, but I would never have imagined that this hard accent can be so attractive to an Englishman (I presume that, it is more important, who the lady is....;).
alexw68  Jul 1, 11, 13:50    #100
Monia:
this hard accent

Yes, it depends on the speaker. Some of you, quite frankly, do sound like James Bond villains - but that's true of most nationalities, English included :)
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PolskiMoc:
I notice when I hear Czech It doesn't sound as Slavic. I actually have trouble telling a Czech person is Slavic sometimes when I first hear them speak.


Again, proof that you don't speak Polish at all. It's even proof that you haven't spent any time around the Polish language - otherwise - you'd be able to hear that it was Czech straight away. It's quite an easy accent to follow if you know Polish (not as easy as Ukrainian or Slovak, but much easier than Russian or Serbian) - but you wouldn't know that, would you?

Polonius3:
I wonder if Czech sounds as silly and amusing to non-speakers of Polish?


It doesn't sound "silly and amusing" at all.

Typical racist stereotype propogated by backwater peasants.
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delphiandomine:
It [the Czech language] doesn't sound "silly and amusing" at all. Typical racist stereotype propogated by backwater peasants.

It doesn't sound "silly", but it does sound amusing to most of us. There is nothing of a stereotype in it (the word 'rasict' being completely inappropriate here), but it is the matter of a specific language similarity which make Polish people perceive the Czech language as amusing. You didn't follow the recent discussion on PF on the subject in which I quoted a once extremely popular song by Andrzej Rosiewicz with very good-natured lyrics, "Najwięcej witaminy maj± polskie dziewczyny", which said:

"Czeszka tylko mnie roz¶miesza, chociaż lubię Czechów
Gdybym wydał się za Czeszkę, umarłbym ze ¶miechu"

Apart from that, a once widely known TV performance engaging the top Polish singer Maryla Rodowicz and the top Czech singer Helena Vondrackova made fun of the word "laska" in a popular Czech song "To je laska nebeska" (sung by Vondrackova) which word in Czech means 'love', but in Polish means "walking stick". The performance had nothing of a "typical racist stereotype propagated by backwater peasants". No one had ever thought of it in this way.
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Ziemowit:
It doesn't sound "silly", but it does sound amusing to most of us.


yes it does - just think of 'do prdele' hehhe :)
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Joined: Apr 23, 11 ♂ 		 Jul 1, 11, 19:18    #104
I dont care what language it is as long as I hear the sweet soft sound of a nice lady :)

Using French women as an example:
Melissa Theuriau
or Alizee
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rusłAna. switAnok - classic example of Ukrainian language!
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PolskiMoc:
I really think Czechs must have another influence. I have wondered if there is even a Celtic influence as Celts did live in Czech Republic for a long time.

I don't think that Czech language sounds like that because of Celtic influence. The biggest influence on Czech had German language.
In middle ages czech and polish languages were very similar, almost the same. Czech had a greate impact on polish language, especially on grammar and vocabulary (most of the words related to christianity in polish comes from czech).
Later, when Habsburgs became kings of Bohemia, German became language for nobles and czech started to be considered as peasanst language. Both languages started to mingle.
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When I listen to Ukrainian singers, I feel like I’m back in Italy

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