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The Awful German Language (1880)

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186 points nalinidash | 1 comments | 16 May 25 04:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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chilldsgn ◴[16 May 25 06:07 UTC] No.44002271[source]▶
I absolutely love German, it is one of my favourite languages, there's such beauty in it. I am not a native speaker, but enjoy studying it. I am a native Afrikaans speaker and I see so many similarities between the two, which I find intriguing.
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submeta ◴[16 May 25 06:58 UTC] No.44002508[source]▶
I am a native speaker. And I find German to be a very ugly language. Pronounciation wise. Compared to French or English. It sounds like someone is constantly having a quarrel with you.
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1. zelphirkalt ◴[16 May 25 09:12 UTC] No.44003287[source]▶
German has harsh sound. But in terms of quarrelling, I find that Korean sounds like someone is complaining all the time. But then again I have never learned Korean, so my impression would surely change.