What does English sound like to you? - Page 3

mondine · 10-21-2005, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by IamTheKing9

Well, you see, I've never heard of this poem before. And, as you indirectly pointed out, Tuuli hasn't written it as a quote. For these reasons I was not able to identify the author. But I searched it on the Net, and when I clicked on a link, it looked like as if the page would load tomorrow, so I abandoned the search for the author.

So, please, please, please could you tell me the name of the author of the poem, mondine?

I'm sorry, I don't know. It was simply too much work to go through all the results for me, as well. Perhaps the person who posted it will return to tell us both.

Then again, GC is a Magical place. If you say "I don't know that" out loud three times, Eric will appear in a puff of smoke.

IamTheKing9 · 10-21-2005, 03:25 AM

Really funny!

Çãt JåÐí$ · 10-21-2005, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Pixel

Why do you hate it, its the basic language for the whole world.

Learn your spelling and grammer

Are you talking to me? I know my English very well thank you!

Lovebugs4ever · 10-22-2005, 03:20 PM

To me the English language is the most beautiful one in the world! I wish we'd speak English here in Switzerland!

Luckily I have some English speaking friends and there's the internet with lots of English sites. Just love the language. Also love Ireland and England. English is cool, easy and just sounds really good.

PS: LOVE the Irish accent!!

Vimialp · 10-22-2005, 04:08 PM

English is my first langauge and i still haven't mastered, it's said to be the hardest langauge to learn for people over 12. I say we drop the whole speaking thing and form some sort of blinking code or if the code fails, signing! I've learnt to sign and i'll teach you, point at what you want and you shall recieve.

Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks · 10-23-2005, 02:15 AM

Well, the poem is really old, that I know. It was submitted to an American newspaper called the "the Sunday times" about 40 years ago and its title was 'English is easy!'. I THINK the author wished to remain anonymous, but it may just be my bad memory. And to top it all off, an American teacher showed a paperback edition of the newspaper at school in Sweden. She was really old, so it could've been an original copy.

IamTheKing9 · 10-23-2005, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eiríkr Rauði

Well, the poem is really old, that I know. It was submitted to an American newspaper called the "the Sunday times" about 40 years ago and its title was 'English is easy!'. I THINK the author wished to remain anonymous, but it may just be my bad memory. And to top it all off, an American teacher showed a paperback edition of the newspaper at school in Sweden. She was really old, so it could've been an original copy.

All this information is quite good, but don't you know the name of the poet?

Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks · 10-23-2005, 03:57 AM

Well, the newspaper hinted that the poet was a Dutchman, but beyond that, other details were unknown or vague, including his name. You could search Google for a line of the poem and see if anything comes up. And by the way, many different versions of the poem are scattered around the 'net, Google hasn't proved much use in this case, each result leads to different interpretations of the final lines. :/

IamTheKing9 · 10-23-2005, 04:01 AM

I did search Google, of course, but whenever I clicked on a link to a page, the page always took an age to load, and I lost patience.

goldeneye · 10-07-2006, 09:15 AM

Modern Brit English sounds crude like they have marbles in their mouth when they speak.

Canadian and American English varies by region and can sound good or bad depending. It's the most recognized because of Hollywood films.

Caribbean English is spoken very fast, it has a very interesting sound and rythem but can be hard to understand.

The most pleasant sounding English is spoken by Australian women.

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10-21-2005, 03:25 AM	#22 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	Really funny!

10-22-2005, 03:20 PM	#24 (permalink)
Lovebugs4ever Junior Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Switzerland Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	To me the English language is the most beautiful one in the world! I wish we'd speak English here in Switzerland! Luckily I have some English speaking friends and there's the internet with lots of English sites. Just love the language. Also love Ireland and England. English is cool, easy and just sounds really good. PS: LOVE the Irish accent!!

10-22-2005, 04:08 PM	#25 (permalink)
Vimialp Master Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 512 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	English is my first langauge and i still haven't mastered, it's said to be the hardest langauge to learn for people over 12. I say we drop the whole speaking thing and form some sort of blinking code or if the code fails, signing! I've learnt to sign and i'll teach you, point at what you want and you shall recieve.

10-23-2005, 02:15 AM	#26 (permalink)
Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks Elite Googler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 1,279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Well, the poem is really old, that I know. It was submitted to an American newspaper called the "the Sunday times" about 40 years ago and its title was 'English is easy!'. I THINK the author wished to remain anonymous, but it may just be my bad memory. And to top it all off, an American teacher showed a paperback edition of the newspaper at school in Sweden. She was really old, so it could've been an original copy.

10-23-2005, 03:57 AM	#28 (permalink)
Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks Elite Googler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 1,279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Well, the newspaper hinted that the poet was a Dutchman, but beyond that, other details were unknown or vague, including his name. You could search Google for a line of the poem and see if anything comes up. And by the way, many different versions of the poem are scattered around the 'net, Google hasn't proved much use in this case, each result leads to different interpretations of the final lines. :/

10-23-2005, 04:01 AM	#29 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	I did search Google, of course, but whenever I clicked on a link to a page, the page always took an age to load, and I lost patience.

10-07-2006, 09:15 AM	#30 (permalink)
goldeneye Noogle Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada or Australia Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Modern Brit English sounds crude like they have marbles in their mouth when they speak. Canadian and American English varies by region and can sound good or bad depending. It's the most recognized because of Hollywood films. Caribbean English is spoken very fast, it has a very interesting sound and rythem but can be hard to understand. The most pleasant sounding English is spoken by Australian women.

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