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What are you listening to? Part III
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Trying some time dilation.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/playlist/peaceful-music/pl.b0f64f035f0d43539f5e6d1dbc1330b2
Well sure, everyone thinks French and Italian are nice
(most English speakers will list a Romance language as the most euphonic, and will list German, Arabic, or Russian as the most "ugly"). I'm half French, I've been hearing it my whole life, it is nice But there's something special about the Goidelic languages (their being endangered helps fuel my love of them). I'm very envious that you know some Irish Gaelic. I hope it does not die out!
Well sure, everyone thinks French and Italian are nice
Re German, it depends, I think, on the regional accent in which the language is spoken. Some are dreadful to my ear. My sister-in-law is German, and I studied German for a year at university, so I don't dislike the sound of the language.
French I simply love, and would like to acquire greater fluency. Italian is wonderful, but I cannot see myself attempting to want to learn it unless as a hobby.
And Russian, those melancholic moody sounds, I love.
Arabic, no; not remotely attractive to my ear (and I have lived and worked in Africa).
When I was learning French in high school, I couldn't help but notice how smoothly everything seemed to flow together. English, on the other hand, just feels like a mish mash of words we threw together because it seemed to make sense at the time. I realize every language does this to some degree, but English has to be the worst offender in that regard.
Had a very intense thunderstorm pass so naturally I pulled this song up:
Relaxed and enjoyed the spectacle.
Relaxed and enjoyed the spectacle.
Are you referring to English syntax being a "mish mash," or English vocabulary? The English vocabulary certainly has an unusually-high number of words that were borrowed or adapted from other languages, but English syntax is as rule-governed and systematic as any other language (well, barring programming languages, of course).
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Loscil -- Suns
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/suns/1335409780
Listening to some country. Enjoying one of my favourite country ensemble songs ever. It stars just about everyone, new and old. Just a great song.
Also listening to some Miranda Lambert. Such a good song.
Also listening to some Miranda Lambert. Such a good song.
English vocabulary. That said, English syntax may be governed by rules, but it has its absurdities, too. Sentences like this are perfectly acceptable:
"Alicia bought the oranges without realizing the ones she had had had had a large number of rotten ones in the bag."
Or this one I stole from another website:
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
It's kind of a garbage system.
English vocabulary. That said, English syntax may be governed by rules, but it has its absurdities, too. Sentences like this are perfectly acceptable:
"Alicia bought the oranges without realizing the ones she had had had had a large number of rotten ones in the bag."
Or this one I stole from another website:
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
It's kind of a garbage system.
But more so than other languages? I remain unconvinced. Languages tend to be much of a muchness in terms of permissiveness vs strictness, complexity vs simplicity, consistency vs exceptions. That is, where one language might be relatively simple along one dimension (e.g., word order) they will be complex along another (e.g., word endings). This accounts for why children all learn their native language with equal ease/difficulty, and why the main determinant of whether learning a second language is more or less difficult is how closely related that second language is to the first.
Also, legality does not always equate to acceptability: the first sentence is a *legal* sentence in English, but it would not be considered acceptable according to the standards of many listeners or readers.
Basically, all human languages, including English, are messy things that evolved according to how they were used in different cultural contexts across time; they are systematic, but not to the degree that languages designed from the top down tend to be. English is not a special case among human languages, except perhaps when it comes to the amount of words in the vocabulary that have far-flung origins.
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https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/engram/309867376
Found this video of a live performance a few years back.
Tina Turner, around 70 yo at that time. Interesting to look at the age of the audience. At least those that were in the video.
The lady has a set of pipes!
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It really is a great song. Thanks for posting that.
I've had the good fortune of being able to sing it around a campfire many times (accompanying much better singers, plus a bunch of sixth grade students and their teachers).
Nothing quite like hearing it in that setting.
Tina Turner, around 70 yo at that time. Interesting to look at the age of the audience. At least those that were in the video.
The lady has a set of pipes!
It really is a great song. Thanks for posting that.
I've had the good fortune of being able to sing it around a campfire many times (accompanying much better singers, plus a bunch of sixth grade students and their teachers).
Nothing quite like hearing it in that setting.
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