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How romantic is English? Sat Nov 10, 2007 21:49 pm  How romantic is English?		  
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Maybe we could list or start a new thread about the best (or worst) chat-up lines you know or have heard -- from the most common to the really creative ones.

I love the way you do your pharyngeals, babe. Every time you squeeze the cartilage of your trachea and emit those highly aspirated fricative airstreams, I get this tickling sensation all the way from my alveolar ridge to the soft palate to the uvula's tip Wink
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How romantic is English? Mon Nov 12, 2007 17:08 pm  How romantic is English?		  
How 'babe' can really change the way a sentence sounds.

But Ralf, I think you can only use those lines with a linguist or a serious language student. Perhaps a medical student too or your personal physician Laughing Nice...
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How romantic is English? Mon Nov 12, 2007 22:21 pm  How romantic is English?		  
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How 'babe' can really change the way a sentence sounds.

But Ralf, I think you can only use those lines with a linguist or a serious language student. Perhaps a medical student too or your personal physician Laughing Nice...

You're right, Nina. Next time I'll try them on my otolaryngologist. She'll be delighted Surprised
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How romantic is English? Tue Nov 13, 2007 17:07 pm  How romantic is English?		  
Good luck, Ralf. She is the best candidate. If you are lucky she won't prescribe you to a psychiatrist. Worse, she might think of getting her own ears checked. Laughing

Just pulling your leg Wink

Moving on, I notice men are usually the ones who say romantic things to women.

What about you boys? What is the most romantic thing said by a girl to you guys?
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How romantic is English? Tue Nov 13, 2007 18:09 pm  How romantic is English?		  
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Good luck, Ralf. She is the best candidate. If you are lucky she won't prescribe you to a psychiatrist. Worse, she might think of getting her own ears checked. Laughing

Just pulling your leg Wink

Moving on, I notice men are usually the ones who say romantic things to women.

What about you boys? What is the most romantic thing said by a girl to you guys?

Razz

Good question! I suppose most romantic comments I've heard so far started "I like the way you..." Those comments usually refer to the way you say or do things. So "I like the way you look at me when you're tired" is probably as romantic as it gets Confused
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How romantic is English? Fri Nov 23, 2007 21:19 pm  How romantic is English?		  
It's very hard to write it in english for me:/ No matter what how u say and no matter what language u speak, if your feelings are true, it's not important which language you use to express it Smile
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How romantic is English? Mon Nov 26, 2007 17:19 pm  How romantic is English?		  
how does one say "I love you" in Polish?
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How romantic is English? Mon Nov 26, 2007 20:32 pm  How romantic is English?		  
Just in case you might be interested in the Russian version:

Ia tebia lublu. (= I you love)
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How romantic is English? Mon Nov 26, 2007 21:13 pm  How romantic is English?		  
lost_soul wrote:
Just in case you might be interested in the Russian version:

Ia tebia lublu. (= I you love)

Hi Alex,

My command of the Russian language is extremely limited. In fact, I only remember a few words from a class of Russian ex-pats I used to teach English.

So here's a very unfunded question. When you say "yellow blue" in English, does that make sense in terms of "Ia lublu"?
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How romantic is English? Mon Nov 26, 2007 23:13 pm  How romantic is English?		  
Hi, Ralf

If you're asking me if "yellow blue" sounds like "Ia lublu", then I'd say foreigners (mostly English-speaking) with a very thick accent (that stands out a mile Smile) would pronounce them in the same way. But of course the more you master your pronunciation the more you'll see the difference.
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How romantic is English? Tue Nov 27, 2007 15:48 pm  How romantic is English?		  
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Could you tell me what you meant when you wrote "unfunded" question, Ralf?
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How romantic is English? Tue Nov 27, 2007 21:27 pm  How romantic is English?		  
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Could you tell me what you meant when you wrote "unfunded" question, Ralf?
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I meant "unfounded". Good to know we're still in touch, Amy.
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How romantic is English? Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:07 am  How romantic is English?		  
Actually, I thought you might possibly have meant unfounded, but I didn't quite understand that either. Thus the question. I thought it might be some sort of Irish thing...
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How romantic is English? Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:10 am  How romantic is English?		  
lost_soul wrote:
Just in case you might be interested in the Russian version:

Ia tebia lublu. (= I you love)

LS

I knew that... sort of. What's the difference between that and "Ia vas lublu"?

Danke,

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How romantic is English? Fri Dec 14, 2007 19:28 pm  How romantic is English?		  
I love you = Kocham Cie (in Polish)
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