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18 Jan 2012, 2:24 am

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If you think german is a harsh language you should listen to some ancient Mayan or Aztec languages.

It is guttural, abrupt, and reflects the violence the Aztec culture especially adored.

In a way, so does German. The Germanic tribes where barbaric and warlike, the language reflects that.


I am Germanic, barbaric and warlike.



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18 Jan 2012, 2:30 am

shrox wrote:
abacacus wrote:
If you think german is a harsh language you should listen to some ancient Mayan or Aztec languages.

It is guttural, abrupt, and reflects the violence the Aztec culture especially adored.

In a way, so does German. The Germanic tribes where barbaric and warlike, the language reflects that.


I am Germanic, barbaric and warlike.

It was bred in to you over many generations as to better fight the Romans :wink:

The British are the same way, the Scottish especially.


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18 Jan 2012, 2:34 am

abacacus wrote:
shrox wrote:
abacacus wrote:
If you think german is a harsh language you should listen to some ancient Mayan or Aztec languages.

It is guttural, abrupt, and reflects the violence the Aztec culture especially adored.

In a way, so does German. The Germanic tribes where barbaric and warlike, the language reflects that.


I am Germanic, barbaric and warlike.

It was bred in to you over many generations as to better fight the Romans :wink:

The British are the same way, the Scottish especially.


Arrgh!

Paris is just a failed Roman colony anyway...



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18 Jan 2012, 7:51 am

abacacus wrote:
The Germanic tribes where barbaric and warlike, the language reflects that.


I agree. But so were the Angles, Jutes, Celts, Scots, Picts, Danes and all the other tribes and peoples that contributed to the English language, which turned out much easier on the ear :)