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| Molly wrote: |
| Extension question if you don't mind: How sexy is English? |
Do you wanna see links to particular web sites (such as "naughty America" or "banned from the UK") ;) |
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| #78 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 14:14 pm How romantic is English? |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
| Molly wrote: |
| Extension question if you don't mind: How sexy is English? |
Do you wanna see links to particular web sites (such as "naughty America" or "banned from the UK") ;) |
Do they use sexy English there? |
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| #79 (permalink) Thu May 29, 2008 4:18 am How romantic is English? |
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| NinaZara wrote: |
Tom,
I definitely think "I love you" is more romantic than "Aku cinta kamu"(I love you in Malay). I don' t know why but I am not comfortable with romantic words in Malay.
Talk later,
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Hello again Nina,
I agree with you, English language is more Romantic than my native language.
It sound so Corny when someone you love tell you his/her feelings in a native way, in our language "i love you" is being express this way "mahal kita" but,
nowadays, "i love you" is being throw with out a meaning.
wanna agree with me? |
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| #80 (permalink) Mon Jun 02, 2008 14:08 pm How romantic is English? |
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Hi Mia,
In my language, 'mahal' means 'expensive' and 'kita' means 'us/we'. Maybe love is priceless?
Anyway, in my opinion, the expression 'I love you' is only thrown away by men (father, uncles, grandpas excluded). The funny thing is, there are men who never learnt to say it either. |
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| #81 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:40 am How romantic is English? |
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| Are you a romantic person? And do you think English works that way for you? |
hello ralf,
I dont know if am really a romantic person,
but my dad always told me that am a sweet daughter,
is sweet is different from romantic?
hehehe(laughing) can you tell me?
lieka mia |
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| #82 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 13:36 pm How romantic is English? |
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Hello lieka mia,
I would say that most people don't necessarily attach a romantic notion to sweet (or cute) things/people. You could ask your father whether he thought of you as romantic when he called you 'sweet'. It was probably he who was being romantic when he said you were sweet :wink:
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| #83 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:24 am How romantic is English? |
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Ya your right Ralf,,,,,
my dad told me that am always be romantic to him for am
his daughter. then I try to ask him if he saw me romantic in
treating other people, he told me, "yes, you are." but I don't
know how did I look like a romantic one.
hahaha(laughing) maybe I am in others eye but not on mind,,,,
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| #84 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 18:57 pm How romantic is English? |
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not sure if anyone's done this yet, but let's look at different ways to say "I love you". Here are some I know -- spellings in some will be approximate or (in the case of Russian) an attempt at phonetics:
English: I love you
French: J' taime
Spanish: Te amo
German: Ich liebe dich
Italian: Ti amo
Russian: Ya dipa looblyoo
Klingon: Tok urk uck
hehe
Which sounds the most romantic?
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| #85 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 22:30 pm How romantic is English? |
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| Klingon: Tok urk uck |
:lol:
Let's all adopt that one!
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| #86 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 22:53 pm How romantic is English? |
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hehe
Bak Her!
(Anyone speak ancient Egyptian?)
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| #87 (permalink) Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:02 am How romantic is English? |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
Russian: Ya dipa looblyoo
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Ya tibya loobloo ;)
I like the way foreigners pronounce that phrase (in movies, that is :) ).
They never seem to be able to master that oo sound in loobloo and it sounds funny :) |
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| #88 (permalink) Thu Jun 12, 2008 22:28 pm How romantic is English? |
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cool beans
I won't murder strasvutra then. hehe
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| #89 (permalink) Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:37 pm How romantic is English? |
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English language is very romantic but i love Russian to (my native language)
Ya Tebya Lyubly...
Ti mne nravishsya...
Zharko tut...
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| #90 (permalink) Wed Jun 18, 2008 21:55 pm How romantic is English? |
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Does "tut" mean "shut up"?
hehe
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