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I'd have to go with Russian when it comes to romanticism, and to my native language, Georgian, when it comes to ugliness 
"Me shen mikhvarkhar" - "I love you" in Georgian. :/ |
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| Thu Jan 03, 2008 19:39 pm How romantic is English? |
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I just watched 'Gone with the wind' and I find this dialogue very romantic.
Scarlett: Well, I won't kiss you for it either.
Rhett: [just when she's ready for a kiss, he changes his mind] Open your eyes and look at me. No, I don't think I will kiss you - although you need kissing badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.
I could not imagine the same dialogue spoken in my mother tongue. I think it would sound vulgar.
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| Thu Jan 03, 2008 20:31 pm How romantic is English? |
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| NinaZara wrote: | I just watched 'Gone with the wind' and I find this dialogue very romantic.
Scarlett: Well, I won't kiss you for it either.
Rhett: [just when she's ready for a kiss, he changes his mind] Open your eyes and look at me. No, I don't think I will kiss you - although you need kissing badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.
I could not imagine the same dialogue spoken in my mother tongue. I think it would sound vulgar. |
Funny that, I happened to bump into the exact same scene while zapping around the other day. To me it seemed desperately corny more than anything else, and I'd say people of the western world who saw it at the time of its release sometime in the late 1930s couldn't help but feel its bathetic touch.
Ironically, a line like "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how!" would most likely win many a fickle woman's heart, even today. If only I had known this years ago...
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| Fri Jan 04, 2008 19:27 pm How romantic is English? |
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| Ralf wrote: | | To me it seemed desperately corny more than anything else, and I'd say people of the western world who saw it at the time of its release sometime in the late 1930s couldn't help but feel its bathetic touch. |
Corny? Oh, come on.
| Ralf wrote: | | Ironically, a line like "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how!" would most likely win many a fickle woman's heart, even today. If only I had known this years ago... |
If it was Brad Pitt, all he needs to say is "Hi" and I will be floored.
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| Sat Jan 05, 2008 0:57 am How romantic is English? |
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LOL
you're such an American female, Nina, it's not even funny.
(meant as a compliment, and pragmatic enough to be mostly true... in my opinion, anyway)
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| Sat Jan 05, 2008 15:57 pm How romantic is English? |
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| NinaZara wrote: | | If it was Brad Pitt, all he needs to say is "Hi" and I will be floored. |
Brat Pitt, the lucky son of a witch, flooring generations of females...
I always wonder what if a celeb like him wouldn't charm the senses of a woman with an opener like "HI!" but "Nice dress. Can I talk you out of it?"
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| Wed Jan 16, 2008 16:39 pm How romantic is English? |
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| Nicholas wrote: | | What do I think? I think you are kidding me. |
I was just teasing Ralf, he seemed to be so envious of Brad Pitt, I couldn't help myself  But I think he didn't get it. I guess, girls can't really talk like boys can.
| Nicholas wrote: | | I am not kidding you either, Nina. I say, you have a crush for him. haha People like him may be really handsome outside but who knows what he is inside? The man's character can charm girls more than an appearance does. Sometimes a good appearance can fool people. |
I don't think we get crush on celebrities. He's only there when he's there. He is not the one I think of when I open my eyes every morning. Although I used to really like him that I watched every movie he was in, including that boring Seven years in Tibet which I fell asleep watching, but still, I made an attempt just to see him in action. I think I was 15 when I watched that movie. But I highly recommend Ocean's 11 and its sequels, Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13. Firstly, for the one and only reason that they were really good and entertaining, and, in 13 you can see him and George Clooney crying while watching Oprah. Hilarious!
Now I have another romantic quote for you guys to consider. It is from the film Stardust, said by the Star (as in the star you see up the sky), Yvaine, when she was confessing her love to the main character Tristan.
| Quote: | | My heart, it feels like my chest can barely contain it, like it doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I wish for nothing in exchange, no gifts, no goods no demonstrations or devotion. Nothing but knowing you love me too, just your heart, in exchange for mine. |
What struck me the most was how true the words are. It was exactly how I felt when I was in love, only I can't put it into words as beautiful as the writer did.
Have anyone seen the movie?
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